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		starkfist on May 28, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PhD Student gets quadrotor helicopter moving aggre... The japanese do a lot of robot research and AFAIK most of it is not military. I'm not sure if the non-military clause in their constitution means they can't do military research.

smallblacksun on May 28, 2010 [–]

The Japanese have a fairly large and technically advanced military, they just call it a "self-defense force". They can and do carry out military research.

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