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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Arpan Rai

US to send long-range surveillance drones to Japan amid tensions in Taiwan

The US is sending several long-range surveillance drones to Japan’s Okinawa prefecture near Taiwan for monitoring China's increasing drone activities in the region.

Japan’s defence minister Gen Nakatani said the US MQ-4C Triton drones will be sent for indefinite deployment to the US air base on Okinawa’s main island Kadena in the coming weeks.

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