Japan Loses Contact with Surveillance Drone Off Northwestern Coast The loss of a surveillance drone off Japan's northwestern coast has raised more questions than answers about the country's ambitious defense plans.
The incident highlights a larger trend in global military strategy: the increasing reliance on unmanned systems to monitor and project power.
Japan's air force has been at the forefront of this shift, deploying three RQ 4B Global Hawk drones to its Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture.