日本和美国已经签署了一项协定,使日本公司能参加争陬获得战略防御计划(SDI)的研究合同的角逐。但是日本参与战略防御计划的研究可能是有限的,这是因为日本工业界总的说来不愿意被卷入这一计划中去,同时也是因为美国国会希望让美国公司尽可能多地享受这些研究合同带来的利益。英国、西德、意大利和以色列已经在同美国公司竞争,力图抢先研制出能摧毁导弹与核 Japan and the United States have signed an agreement that will allow Japanese companies to compete in research contracts to secure a strategic defense plan (SDI). But Japan's research on strategic defense plans may be limited because the Japanese industry generally is not willing to be involved in the plan and because the U.S. Congress wants U.S. companies to enjoy as much of the research as possible The benefits of the contract. The United Kingdom, West Germany, Italy and Israel have been competing with U.S. companies in an attempt to pioneer a program that will destroy missiles and nuclear