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China’s military mouthpiece issues full-page warning on Japan’s growing drone power

China’s military mouthpiece on Monday dedicated a full page to warning about Japan’s expanding offensive drone capabilities, which it said threatened regional peace and security. PLA Daily said Japan’s right-wing political forces had long sought to bypass Tokyo’s constitutional ban, adopted after World War II, on offensive combat capabilities. Unmanned platforms have allowed Japan to circumvent these constraints on military development, according to one of four PLA Daily articles on the topic in...

20 Jul 2026, 10:10 UTCSource: South China Morning PostOriginal source

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