The F-35 is a battlespace dominance aircraft; not a classic air superiority, air defense or ground attack aircraft.
South Korea and US forces are working the offensive-defensive enterprise to deter North Koreans.
Australia is an important member of the F-35 global enterprise.
The Norwegians are concerned with Russian behavior and the need to ramp up their military capabilities.
The Spanish are key participants in the Southern tier focus of the large scale NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2015.
Italy and Singapore are co-developing military robotic capabilities.
According to the latest Japanese MoD budget request, both national and coalition capabilities need to be ramped up to deal with threats in the region.
This is first time a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IA guided interceptor engaged a ballistic missile threat in a European theater-based range.
