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Japan to consider using drones: reportTokyo (AFP) Dec 30, 2010 Japan is to consider using unmanned aircraft for surveillance flights, a newspaper reported Thursday, at a time of heightened tensions with neighbouring China and North Korea. Japan will send military officials to the United States, which uses the cutting-edge Global Hawk high-altitude surveillance aircraft, to study how they operate and maintain the drones, the Yomiuri daily said. The defense ministry will start fully fledged research in the next fiscal year starting April, and intends to make ... read more |
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