Japan May Shoot Down Chinese Drones

By Zachary Keck

Japan’s Defense Ministry is studying a plan for shooting down drones that invade its airspace, according to a report by NHK World. 

The report comes days after Tokyo reported that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flew near the Senkaku islands. 

China later confirmed the UAV belonged to its military.
On a related note, Shawn Brimley, Ben Fitzgerald and Ely Ratner, all of the Center for a New American Security, write that the Chinese drone signifies the emergence of UAVs in Asia, which will make conflict in the region more likely. 

As they put it, “the introduction of indigenous drones into Asia's strategic environment — now made official by China's maiden unmanned provocation — will bring with it additional sources of instability and escalation to the fiercely contested South and East China Seas.”