Boeing Strikes Again, Disrupting Japanese Patriot Production and ‘Impacting US Credibility’

Sources have told US media that shortages of a key component made by Boeing that goes into Patriot PAC-3 missiles threatens to unravel Washington’s push to boost the missile system’s production in Japan. Veteran defense and international affairs observer Earl Rasmussen says the snafu undermines US credibility in the eyes of its defense partners.