As Japan reviews its current missile defense posture, Prime Minister Abe is considering options to implement long-range strike capabilities as a major component of the nation’s future defense posture. However, a rapidly evolving regional security environment and limited defense resources pose significant hurdles to implementing a new strategy.
How can the U.S. and Japan cooperate to achieve a cost-effective defense portfolio by redefining the alliance’s roles, missions, and capabilities? What kind of expectations should be placed on U.S. and Japanese missile defense capabilities in response to the North Korean missile threat? Since China has not only ballistic missiles but also cruise missiles and hypersonic glide weapons, how should the U.S. and Japan seek the appropriate mix of offensive and defensive capabilities as a counter to Beijing?
Defense experts from both countries will weigh in on these and other questions. The conversation will be moderated by Hudson Japan Chair Fellow Masashi Murano.
Watch here: https://www.hudson.org/events/1845-pushing-back-against-chinese-and-nor…
Speakers
Rebeccah Heinrichs, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Tom Karako, Senior Fellow and Director, Missile Defense Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Masashi Murano, Japan Chair Fellow, Hudson Institute
Brad Roberts, Director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nobushige Takamizawa, Former Ambassador of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament