Aegis Ashore Deputy Minister of Defense 15:23 on December 17 for further understanding at Yamaguchi
On the 17th, Vice Minister Yamamoto of the Ministry of Defense met with Governor Muraoka of Yamaguchi Prefecture where the proposed deployment site is located, and the re-survey that received a sloppy survey over the deployment plan of the new interceptor missile system “Aegis Ashore” As the above problem was not found, I asked for understanding over the plan.
Regarding the deployment plan of “Aegis Ashore”, the initial survey revealed that the altitude of the hill near the SDF exercise area in Sakai City, Yamaguchi Prefecture was different from the data of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. We have been conducting a re-investigation by outsourcing.
On the 17th, Deputy Minister Yamamoto of the Ministry of Defense met with Governor Muraoka, Mayor Fujimichi of Sakai City, and Mayor Hanada Abu-cho adjacent to the exercise ground at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Office, and reported the results of the re-investigation.
Among them, Vice Minister Yamamoto and others reported that the altitude of the hill was measured by aircraft, and that there was no problem in deployment even in the re-investigation, such as the fact that the radar operation was not affected. I asked for understanding again.
On the other hand, Mayor Fujimichi of Sakai City expressed the idea that the government would revise the deployment plan in Akita Prefecture on a zero basis. In addition to saying, “I ca n’t make any decisions about the deployment,” Mayor Hanada, Abu Town, reiterated that he strongly opposes the deployment.