Kyodo says China could use UAVs to monitor Senkaku islands

Kyodo News says a Chinese document it had obtained revealed that the People’s Liberation Army is deliberating the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor the disputed Senkaku islands in East China Sea.

Kitakojima and Minamikojima of Senkaku Islands
By 日本語: 国土地理院(トリミング・角度調整(-53.1°)はMinor edit) [see page for license], via Wikimedia Commons

The document, complied last October, called for increase air patrols using UAVs as existing ships are not sufficient enough to enforce China’s claims to the island which it named Diaoyu.

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