According to Japanese media "Yomiuri Shimbun", the Japan Coast Guard's 2026 fiscal year budget application plan, released on August 26, shows that starting from the 2026 fiscal year, it will add the procurement and deployment of four US-made General Atomics MQ-9B "Sea Guardian" large long-endurance unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and one French Dassault Falcon 2000MSA medium jet maritime surveillance reconnaissance aircraft.
By the 2029 fiscal year, the Japan Coast Guard will have 9 "Sea Guardians" and 6 "Falcon 2000s". These aircraft are explicitly used for round-the-clock 24-hour monitoring of the situation in the East China Sea area around the Diaoyu Islands and the activities of Chinese maritime law enforcement vessels.
Website [Marine Police] message: During August 2025, the Chinese Marine Police ship 3102 made three circumnavigations around the Dongsha Island, which is controlled by the Taiwan authorities, in the East China Sea. The times were August 2nd to August 3rd, August 20th to August 22nd, and August 26th to August 28th. On average, each time it circled two laps around the so-called "restricted waters".
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