Aegis Ashore Alternatives Over 500 billion yen with the introduction of two Aegis ships November 25, 4:36
It has been estimated that it will cost 480 billion yen to 500 billion yen or more to introduce two new Aegis ships over alternatives to the new interception missile system "Aegis Ashore".
The Ministry of Defense is considering an alternative to "Aegis Ashore," which has been abandoned, in the direction of deploying it at sea, and outsourced an investigation to the private sector to confirm its technical feasibility. The report has been finalized.
According to this, the cost for each of the four cases, such as the introduction of a new Aegis ship, the utilization of a private ship, and the installation of a structure such as a device used for drilling oil fields called a "rig" at sea. We estimate the defense performance and the period required for maintenance.
If two Aegis Ashore units were installed, which was the original plan, the cost would be about 400 billion yen. If two Aegis ships are introduced, 480 billion yen to 500 billion yen or more will be used. In that case, it will cost 380 billion yen to 400 billion yen or more, and in the two cases of utilizing "rig", it will cost 420 billion yen to 560 billion yen or more.
On the other hand, the Aegis ship has the best defense performance and maneuverability, and the period required for maintenance is about 5 years, which is the same as the "Aegis Ashore".
There are growing voices within the government that the government should focus on increasing the number of Aegis ships, and the Ministry of Defense will explain this at the ruling party's meeting on the 25th and rush to consider it. I have decided.