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Japan's defense white paper puts cheap combat drones at the center and hands the work to startups
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Japan's defense white paper puts cheap combat drones at the center and hands the work to startups

Tokyo's 598-page annual defense paper names drones and AI as the warfare Japan must adapt to, and routes the buildup through startups and dual-use suppliers rather than its incumbent primes.

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