Japan vs China Drone Build Up

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What countries say, and what they do, tends to indicate if they are in decline or on the ascent.

The ongoing release of facts regarding recent suggestions that China and Japan are in a Drone arms race may be indicative of that.

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Japan is planning on buying between one ( 1 ) and three ( 3 ) individual drones from the United States.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/ja ... drone-race

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China is planning on building between ( 2) and ( 11 ) Drone Bases along the coastal Areas of China.

http://articles.economictimes.indiatime ... rone-bases

http://rt.com/news/japan-china-drone-race-649/

http://english.cri.cn/7146/2012/10/23/2702s728578.htm

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Japan faces economic challenges that limit expansion of military capabilities.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-0 ... war-agenda

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Japan faces a Demographic Work Force Bomb

and a Demographic Debt Bomb over the next few years

http://www.ibtimes.com/population-bomb- ... ple-213900

http://www.meketagroup.com/documents/Cl ... 202012.pdf

http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/lea ... -time-bomb

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 91524.html

2013 Update: http://www.spiegel.de/international/wor ... 75641.html

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China is, and has been for the last five years, developing and manufacturing weaponized drones and surveillance drones intended for both the export market and for use by the Chinese Military and other Chinese Government Agencies.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/16 ... _cheap_us/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... l-U-S.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-china-drones-2012-11

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news ... ssia-china

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 20340.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 20340.html

2013 Update: http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/pos ... ler_drones

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Pictures of Chinese Drones - China got in on the Ground Floor of the Drone Arms Race

2013 Update - Drone Arms Race: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/worl ... e/1819091/
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http://www.google.com/search?q=china+bu ... 69&bih=676

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2013 - Future Drones From China, Israel and United States: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/08 ... en-drones/
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Israeli Drone Dominance - Largest Drone Exporter in the World: http://www.salon.com/2012/05/15/israels ... dominance/
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Israel Assisted China Develop Drones Prior to 2002:

...Israel’s strongest clients are to the east in India, Singapore and Azerbaijan. India has established strong military ties with Israeli defense industries and has become its most lucrative market after Washington curbed Israeli military sales to China a decade ago. ...

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news ... d?page=0,1
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Chinese "Dark Sword" Drone in Development:

Chinese "Dark Sword" Drone:http://www.popsci.com/technology/galler ... et-arsenal
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Israeli Butterfly Drone:

http://rt.com/news/israel-drone-indoor-butterfly-672/
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Israeli Robo-Rat Cyborg: http://israel21c.org/health/robotic-bra ... in-israel/
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U.S. Navy Robotic Strike Fighter ( Light Bomber ) Jet "X-47B":
Video of Catapult Launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTiRY2ieDN0

U.S. Navy Robotic Strike Fighter Jet "X-47B" December 2012 Sea Trials:http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57560 ... sea-trial/
X-47B Manufacture's 2013-2014 Test Plan: http://www.as.northropgrumman.com/produ ... index.html