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deployment🇯🇵 Yokota Air Base (near Tokyo), Japan; also references Guam, Okinawa (Japan), and Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
Report claims US redeployed RQ-4 Global Hawk drones from Guam to Yokota Air Base near Tokyo
A Russian milblog post claims the US moved three RQ-4 Global Hawk UAVs from Guam to Yokota Air Base in Japan and describes ongoing basing of MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-4C Triton drones in Japan and MQ-9s at Kunsan in South Korea. The post frames these deployments as a growing persistent ISR network around China and North Korea.
DETAILS
Type
deployment
Reported
2026-07-17
Location
Yokota Air Base (near Tokyo), Japan; also references Guam, Okinawa (Japan), and Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
Coordinates
35.6769, 139.7639
Confidence
58 / 100
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
No damage reported; described as ISR drone basing/redeployment.
DRONES INVOLVED
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