Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kazuo Kodama said Japan would press for the ASEM meeting to issue a joint statement condemning the nuclear test, apart from the conference's normal closing statement.

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The biggest test for the joint venture will be to resolve channel conflict between the founding parties.

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Such efforts could, if unchecked, lead to the reduction of funding by a half billion dollars during FY06 that the Army itself describes as critical for the development of FCS to test it at Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2006.

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For the JAGM contract, Lockheed provides a 27-month technology development program that includes design, test and demonstration of joint air-to-ground missile system that significantly enhances warfighters operational flexibility and combat effectiveness.

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