Middle East dispatched escort ship activity for 1 month "No response to suspicious vessels" Joint Staff Chief March 26 16:29
It has been 26 months since the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) unit was dispatched to the Middle East. There has been no response to suspicious vessels so far, and JSDF President Koji Yamazaki said, "We need to analyze the situation and continue our activities with a high level of tension."
In dispatching the SDF to the Middle East, the Maritime Self-Defense Force's P3C patrol aircraft and escort vessels have been tasked with collecting information necessary to ensure the safety of ships related to Japan.
Of these, one month was 26 days after the units of the destroyer started operations, and at the press conference, Joint Chief of Staff Yamazaki said in a press conference, "There is no unusual event during this time, but basically tensions in the Middle East have grown very much. We need to analyze the situation and continue to work with a high level of tension. "
According to the Ministry of Defense, it has never responded to suspicious vessels or received rescue requests from private vessels.
This is the first case in which the SDF is dispatched overseas based on the "Investigation and Research" of the Ministry of Defense's Established Law, and the Ministry of Defense will publish any time it responds to a suspicious ship. I am.