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Japan Plans To Build Unmanned Fighter Jets (reuters.com)

Slashdot reader It's the tripnaut! quotes an article from Reuters: Japan aims to develop a prototype drone fighter jet in two decades with private sector help in a technology strategy that focuses on weapons communications and lasers, according to a document seen by Reuters... The military technology plan calls for first developing an unmanned surveillance aircraft in the next decade and then an unmanned fighter jet 10 years later, the document showed...

The ministry will also allocate budget funds to acquire an upgraded version of the F-35 stealth fighter, made by U.S. company Lockheed Martin Corp...as tension rises in the East China Sea and North Korea steps up its missile threat, government officials with direct knowledge of the matter said.

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  1. Re:Stealth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When you are dealing with war. Being nice is not part of the game. You crush you enemies. You do not mess around. You crush them subjugate them and take their things. Then for the icing make sure they will not rise up again you kill their children.

    War is ugly. Don't try to put a humanitarian spin on it.

  2. Re:Stealth by knightghost · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It must also transform into a humanoid robot. After all, this is Japan we're talking about.