적기지 공격능력 넘보는 日…내년 방위비 57조원 '역대 최대'<br /><br />Japan announced a record fifty-two billion US dollars,...for its defense budget for 2021.<br />It marks the ninth consecutive increase in the country's annual military spending.<br />The increased budget will be used for developing an advanced fighter jet,... and two compact warships that can operate with fewer sailors.<br />A big slice of the money will be set aside for making longer-range missiles,...that could potentially strike distant targets in Asia, like China and North Korea.<br />The move is seen as an effort by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to continue controversial military expansion pursued by his predecessor, Shinzo Abe.<br /><br />
