GSDF Parachute of lighting bullets In a paddy field outside the training area Shiga Takashima September 20, 15:24
A parachute of lighting bullets fired from the ground of the Ground Self Defense Force in Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture was found in a paddy field 1 km away. There were no injuries, but there was an accident where mortar shells jumped out last year at this training area. The Kinki Chubu Defense Bureau apologized to the local city of Takashima on the 20th.
According to the Kinki Chubu Defense Bureau, the lighting bullet was fired from the Kaniwano Exercise Area in Takashima City on the 18th, and the locals found that the parachute of the lighting bullet had fallen on a paddy field 1 km away on the 19th. It was.
The parachute was 1 meter in diameter and weighed about 600 grams, including a part called a light tube, and no one was injured.
The lighting bullet was fired to test whether it worked as specified, but the final point of the fall was not known, and the Kinki-Chubu Defense Bureau is investigating the cause of going out of the training area.
In this training area, a single shell fired last November jumped out of the training area, causing damage to the car that had been stopped.
On the afternoon of the 20th, Director Shinya Shima Kinki Chubu Defense Bureau visited Takashima City Hall and apologized to Mayor Masaaki Fukui for "sorry and annoyance following the accident last year."
In response, the mayor of Fukui requested that “I have to be skeptical about thorough safety management and want to make a concrete measure to prevent recurrence and establish safety measures”.