Japan to deploy attack drones as early as 2025

The Defense Ministry plans to deploy small attack drones in a bid to strengthen the defense of the nation's remote islands. The ministry will make preparations for the deployment, introducing U.S.-made and other drones in fiscal 2023 on a trial basis. It aims to deploy several hundred attack drones from fiscal 2025 at the earliest. This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software. Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites. If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see this support page.