米にＰＡＣ３輸出へ　年内決定、初の武器完成品

　政府は２０日、米企業にライセンス料を支払い国内で生産する弾道ミサイル迎撃用の地対空誘導弾パトリオット（ＰＡＣ３）について米国へ輸出する検討に入った。ライセンス生産の完成品輸出を解禁する防衛装備移転三原則の運用指針改定を２２日にも行う方向で調整しており、これに基づく措置として併せて決定する見通し。
　関係者によると、ＰＡＣ３は米国が提供を求めている。現行制度下の装備品の完成品移転はフィリピンへの警戒管制レーダー１例しかなく、「人を殺傷、物を破壊する機械や器具」と定めた自衛隊法上の武器では初めての完成品の輸出となる。（2023/12/20-10:51）

The Japanese government on Wednesday started considering exporting to the United States Patriot Advanced Capability-3, or PAC-3, surface-to-air guided missiles made in Japan under license from a U.S. company.
   Japan is poised to lift its ban on the export of finished defense equipment made under license from foreign entities by revising its guidelines on defense equipment transfers as early as Friday.
   At the same time, the government is expected to make a decision to allow the export of PAC-3 missiles to the licenser country under the revised guidelines.
   The United States has been asking Japan for PAC-3 missiles, according to sources. It will be the first time for Japan to export any weapon in a finished product form that meets the definition under the Self-Defense Forces law.
   Japan has exported a finished form of warning and control radar equipment to the Philippines. This is the only instance of a finished form of defense equipment transferred abroad so far from Japan.