Japan scrambles jets after suspected Chinese drone spotted near Taiwan
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.
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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.
michael jacksons back
Japanese PM was a heavy metal drummer.
This is beyond dumb. This would be like Canada threatening the US.
Japan military budget: $51B China military budget: $314B
Good luck with that.
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.
Im concerned about two things when considering your argument.
The US has been doing everything in its power to piss everyone else off lately.
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.
Well it isn’t like Japan is invading China. Seems like they just want to make it clear they will in fact respond if China tries something with Taiwan. Japan doesn’t have to beat China, they just have to make it not worth it. And they’d have Taiwan and hopefully the US supporting them in that effort.
Don't underestimate Japan, they have done more with less.