Japan to Transfer Drones, Coastal Radar to Philippines in $27M Security Package

Japan signed a $27 million Official Security Assistance agreement to transfer UAVs and a coastal defense radar to the Philippines, marking the first such radar transfer under this program. The move deepens Tokyo's defense cooperation with Manila amid rising tensions in the South China Sea, though the operational impact remains limited by the package's modest scale.

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