The Greek government plans to develop a home-grown industry that will mass produce drone and anti-drone systems — part of a €30 billion program aimed at modernizing the country's armed forces by 2036. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/tech/anti-drone-greek-defense-industry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #greece #turkey #drones #tech #defense

Interesting findings on the backlash, but the choice to include as Asia-Pacific and not either or is...quite a choice.

Also, more than half the world, by population, is in Asia-Pacific - makes it kind of a useless category to make any conclusions.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, a review of the sprawling investigation shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/world/politics/turkey-erdogan-opponents-corruption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #istanbul #ekremimamoglu #turkey #receptayyiperdogan