Uh...China stole the W-88 plans from Los Alamos (the most advanced American designed nuclear re-entry vehicle and one of our most closely guarded secrets, period)...during the Clinton Era of let's be friends with China...so while there is some merit to your point, not selling to Japan due to its proximity to China gives me pause.
So what if we sell them the F-22...the French had superior planes, tanks, and artillery to the Germans in every way (the Germans said so) and how did that go? Tactics are a factor also, and no one trains like the Americans.Not saying that others arent super cool and professional, because they are! But even if the JASDF built a 100 F-22J under license, they would pose no credible threat to us...not to mention this is a new age, the Global Economy is most likely the biggest reason China hasnt stepped across the Taiwan Straight yet, they certainly do not fear us because we out number them.
So what about the Patriot? It is a far bigger threat to us than an F-22J and how many people did we hawk it off to? What about that we are selling Turkey the newest AWACS and are buying less than zero for ourselves? And yes Turkey is in NATO, neat, hey what happened in 2003, boys?Hey, what happened a few weeks ago? Oops, we bombed a country that you are occupying...so Turkey is on the side of Turkey, period. And we just sold them 4 state of the art AWACS.Much to do about nothing, really...besides we need to off set the cost of the F-22 and foreign sales helps...heck foreign sales are practically all that is keeping the F-35 afloat at some points.
But back to the topic...
Hey, lets ask Jedi Master who has been building some of the US-launched rocket motors lately? They dont say Morton-Thiokol any more...we even buy Russian equipment these days