Aegis Ashore “Unable to deploy in Shinya Exercise Area” Governor of Akita Prefecture December 2, 20:04
Governor Satake of Akita Prefecture over the deployment plan of the new interceptor missile system “Aegis Ashore” tells Defense Minister Kono that “the deployment to the Shinya Exercise Hall is very impossible” I showed an idea.
This was explained by Governor Satake in a general question of the December Congress of Akita Prefecture that started on the 2nd.
With regard to “Aegis Ashore”, the Ministry of Defense is conducting a re-investigation on 20 state-owned lands, including the Ground Self-Defense Forces Shinya Exercise Area in Akita City, and the results are expected to be released from April next year.
In the response on the 2nd, Governor Satake showed his intention to directly apply to the Minister of Defense Kono as soon as possible, and "Shinya is very close to the residential area and there is an adjacent prefecture. As for the ground, it is difficult to move for sale under the current situation, so we apply on the premise that “the new house is very unreasonable”.
In addition, regarding the judgment of the prefecture in response to the results of the re-investigation, "I want to show the prefecture's thoughts in detail and calmly as to whether the items of the proposal are reflected, such as how the distance to the residential area was judged." "Said.