The incident comes amid an ongoing diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing.

In short:

A suspected Chinese drone has been spotted off a Japanese island near Taiwan.

Japan’s army scrambled its aircraft in response.

The incident comes amid an ongoing diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing.

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
    31·
    1 hour ago

    This is beyond dumb. This would be like Canada threatening the US.

    Japan military budget: $51B China military budget: $314B

    Good luck with that.

    • jumjummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 minutes ago

      And yet Chinese made defense systems have utterly failed in Pakistan and Iran. Any conflict involving Japan and China would pull the US in on the side of Japan. Redo those numbers and good luck with that.

  • kevinsbacon@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    12 hours ago

    Japan is on high alert as another suspected Chinese drone has been spotted near Taiwan. The ongoing diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.