Aegis Ashore Alternatives LDP Parliamentary Recommendations to Government Summarize October 23, 15:28
Regarding alternatives to the new interception missile system "Aegis Ashore", the Liberal Democratic Party Parliamentary Union is considering increasing the number of new Aegis ships, saying that the operation area can be changed flexibly and the protection capacity is high. We have summarized the recommendations we seek from.
The Liberal Democratic Party's defense parliamentary federation has put together a proposal at a meeting on the 23rd regarding an alternative to the new interceptor missile system "Aegis Ashore" that was abandoned.
In the proposal, the proposal to utilize private merchant ships, etc., which the Ministry of Defense suggested as alternative measures, and the proposal to install a structure such as a device used for drilling oil fields at sea are not desirable because of their low protection ability. I'm pointing out.
On top of that, in anticipation of changes in the security environment, we are requesting that we consider increasing the number of new Aegis ships, considering that the operating area can be flexibly changed and the protection capability is high.
The recommendations also point out that consideration should not be made on the premise that the radar already contracted with "Aegis Ashore" will be used as an alternative.
The Parliamentary League will soon submit this recommendation to the government.