Japan plans to shoot down foreign drones that intrude into Japanese airspace if warnings for them to leave are ignored, a source close to the government said Sunday.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued his approval on Oct. 11 when Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera briefed him on the plan, the source said.The Defense Ministry has drawn up the plan as a Chinese military drone intruded into Japan's air defense identification zone on Sept. 9, approaching the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Source: NewsOnJapan
Source: NewsOnJapan
