The Ground Self-Defense Force has revealed that it is considering the location of the newly planned accumulation base for ammunition and other items in a training area on the main island of Okinawa in order to strengthen the defense system of the Nansei Islands.
Since the Ground Self-Defense Force's replenishment base, which stores ammunition and fuel, is not located south of the mainland of Kyushu, the government's "Defense Buildup Plan" approved by the Cabinet last week includes the establishment of a new base in the southwest region. I was.
Regarding this, Chief of Staff Yoshihide Yoshida, the top of the Ground Self-Defense Force, said at a press conference on the 22nd, "Because we need a vast site, we will be able to use the Okinawa training area within the site we own. Isn't it?", and revealed that they are considering setting it up on the grounds of the Ground Self-Defense Force Okinawa Training Area in Okinawa City.
Installation is expected to take place within 10 years.
In the "Defense Force Development Plan," the 15th Brigade of the Ground Self-Defense Force, which has its headquarters in Naha City, will be reorganized into a division, and the number of ordinary course regiments with hundreds of soldiers will be increased from the current one to two. shown.
On the 20th, Governor Tamaki of Okinawa Prefecture, who is considering the strengthening of the Self-Defense Forces in Okinawa, said, "It is irrational to argue that it is natural for the US military and the Self-Defense Forces to be stationed only in Okinawa. Only Okinawa is the security of Japan and the United States. It is not right to take the direction of just taking on insurance."