{
  "id": 14312,
  "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/time-to-decide-a-critical-moment-in-japan-us-missile-defense-cooperation",
  "title": "Time to decide: A critical moment in Japan-US missile defense cooperation",
  "summary": "In the face of growing air and missile threats in the Pacific, robust radar coverage and command networks will be critical to US and Japanese defense objectives, Tom Karako writes.",
  "authors": "Tom Karako",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "japan",
  "published_at": "2026-07-28T13:30:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-29T05:10:12.205Z",
  "source_slug": "x-breaking-defense-ai",
  "source_name": "Breaking Defense (AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://breakingdefense.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14312",
  "original_url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/time-to-decide-a-critical-moment-in-japan-us-missile-defense-cooperation",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}