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Japan scrambles fighters twice in a day as China’s WZ-7 drone transits the Miyako Strait

Japan’s Joint Staff says fighters scrambled on Nov. 2 against China’s WZ-7 high-altitude reconnaissance drone, which twice flew from the East China Sea between Okinawa and Miyako Island to the Pacific and back. These were the drone’s second and third appearances near Japan within a month. It is unclear whether one or two airframes flew, and China’s Global Times called the flights normal.

Illustration of a joined-wing high-altitude reconnaissance jet drone with no cockpit flying over a strait between two islands

Illustration: Autonomy Wire (AI-generated)

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