Ministry of Defense “Aegis Ashore” to establish a meeting to verify the validity of the review October 29, 15:09

Over the deployment plan of the new interceptor missile system “Aegis Ashore”, the Ministry of Defense established an expert meeting with outside experts to verify the validity of the re-investigation conducted in response to errors in the survey data. Decided to do.

Over the deployment plan for the new interceptor missile system “Aegis Ashore”, the Ministry of Defense commissions outsourcing survey surveys and other surveys due to a series of survey data mistakes at candidate locations.

In this regard, the Ministry of Defense established an expert meeting with outside experts to verify the re-survey method and the validity of the contents, and held the first meeting on the 30th.

The meeting will technically verify the way surveying and infrastructure surveys are conducted and the impact of the deployment of “Aegis Ashore” on the surrounding radio wave environment and groundwater, and reflect them in the re-survey.

Defense Minister Kono said at a press conference after the cabinet meeting, "I want to reflect my advice firmly. I will do a proper review and polite explanation, not a schedule."