Japan will sell Patriot missiles to the US that could help Ukraine, breaking a decades-old arms export policy

• Japan said it is selling Patriot missiles to the US.
• The country changed a decades-old ban on exporting weapons.
• The missiles will replenish US stocks and could free up more to be sent to Ukraine.

Japan is breaking its decades-old arms export policy to sell the US dozens of Patriot missiles in a move that could indirectly help Ukraine.