Ministry of Defense adds 10 installations in Okinawa to the drone no-fly zone list
August 10, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – The Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced August 6 that they were adding three Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) installations and seven U.S. military installations such as the U.S. Naha Military Port and JSDF Camp Naha to the list of locations that restricts the flying of unmanned aircraft (drones) as stipulated in the Drone Regulation Act. The rule goes into effect on August 16 for the JSDF installations, and September 9 for the U.S. military bases.
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