{
  "id": 7538393,
  "title": "Taiwan tests US-made MQ-9B drones to counter PLA ‘grey-zone’ operations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/taiwan-tests-us-made-mq-9b-drones-to-counter-pla-grey-zone-operations-7538393",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T11:01:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3367614/taiwan-tests-us-made-mq-9b-drones-counter-pla-grey-zone-operations"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Taiwan has begun flight testing its newly acquired MQ-9B drones, giving the island a long-range reconnaissance platform capable of monitoring People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and grey-zone activities across vast stretches of surrounding waters. The first two of four MQ-9B SeaGuardians ordered from the United States took off from Hualien Air Base in eastern Taiwan on Monday, according to military…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Taiwan tests US-made MQ-9B drones to counter PLA ‘grey-zone’ operations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/taiwan-tests-us-made-mq-9b-drones-to-counter-pla-grey-zone-operations",
        "published": "2026-09-15T11:01:39.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}