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.

  • jumjummy@lemmy.world
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    44 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.

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      Im concerned about two things when considering your argument.

      1. The US has been doing everything in its power to piss everyone else off lately.

      2. Fighting a war in Taiwan or Japan is going to be a lot harder for the US than it will be for China. Taiwan is 100 miles from China but 6800 miles from California.