China’s military mouthpiece on Monday dedicated a full page to warning about Japan’s expanding offensive drone capabilities, which it said threatened regional peace and security.PLA Daily said Japan’s right-wing political forces had long sought to bypass Tokyo’s constitutional ban, adopted after World War II, on offensive combat capabilities.uncrewed platforms have allowed Japan to circumvent these constraints on military development, according to one of four PLA Daily articles on the topic in Monday’s edition.
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MON · 2026-07-20 · 10:10 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0720-94383
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China’s military mouthpiece issues full-page warning on Japan’s growing drone power
China's military mouthpiece, PLA Daily, published a full-page warning on Monday concerning Japan's increasing offensive drone capabilities. The publication stated that these developments threaten regional peace and security.
Albee ZhangSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-20 · 10:10 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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China's military mouthpiece, PLA Daily, published a full-page warning on Monday concerning Japan's increasing offensive drone capabilities. The publication stated that these developments threaten regional peace and security. According to PLA Daily, right-wing political forces in Japan have aimed to circumvent the nation's post-World War II constitutional ban on offensive combat capabilities. The articles suggest that uncrewed platforms enable Japan to bypass these military development constraints. This warning was part of a series of four articles on the topic featured in Monday's edition.
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Uncrewed platforms allow Japan to circumvent constraints on military development.
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Japan's right-wing political forces have sought to bypass the constitutional ban on offensive combat capabilities.
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Japan's offensive drone capabilities threaten regional peace and security.
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China's military mouthpiece PLA Daily issued a warning about Japan's expanding offensive drone capabilities.
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