Evolving drone and missile threats prompting Tokyo to rethink air defense

With neighboring countries such as China, Russia and North Korea adding hypersonic weapons and artificial intelligence-equipped drones to their already massive arsenals, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces are facing an increasingly complex set of challenges to keep the country safe.
While Japan is known to have robust air defenses, advances in missile and aircraft technology — such as autonomous drone swarms and ballistic missiles that fly on irregular trajectories at low altitudes — have complicated and diversified the threat.

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