Japan is watching Ukraine's war against Russia and is trying to learn something useful from the experience
What is known
The Japanese Ministry of Defense is considering a purchaseunmanned aerial vehicles used by Ukraine on the battlefield. In particular, we are talking about the American Switchblade 300 loitering ammunition. Also, Tokyo is considering Israeli Harop drones from IAI (Ukraine did not receive them) and keeps Turkish Bayraktar TB2 strike UAVs on the pencil.
The land of the rising sun intends to acquirehundreds of combat drones in the next fiscal year. It starts in Japan on April 1, 2023. By 2025, Tokyo wants to have several hundred military drones, foreign or homemade. They will provide security for the Ryukyu Islands, which are not far from China.
In connection with plans for the purchase of foreignunmanned aerial vehicles The Department of Defense has requested $41 billion (¥5.5 trillion) for fiscal year 2023. However, real defense spending could be increased by another $7 billion (¥1 trillion).
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