“Aegis Ashore” virtually abandoned Akita city candidate site Ministry of Defense May 6, 11:56
Regarding the deployment of "Aegis Ashore", the Ministry of Defense virtually abandoned the deployment of the SDF practice field in Akita city, which was a candidate site, considering that it was too close to a residential area and strong local opposition, and a new We have established a policy of considering such candidate sites mainly in Akita Prefecture.
Regarding the deployment of the new interceptor missile system "Aegis Ashore", the Ministry of Defense has selected the Ground Self-Defense Force Arsenal exercise area in Akita city as a candidate site, but after a sloppy survey, 20 areas in the Tohoku area including this exercise area We are conducting a re-investigation at a national land and are considering a candidate site.
However, regarding the Shinya Exercise Area, the local government is opposed to the deployment in January, when Governor Satake of Akita Prefecture told Minister of Defense Kono that "it is difficult to obtain local understanding."
Against this backdrop, the Ministry of Defense placed importance on the distance from the residential area when examining the candidate sites, and as a result decided that the new building training ground was too close to the residential area, and virtually abandoned the deployment, considering the strong opposition from the local community.
However, the Ministry of Defense says that it is desirable to deploy in Akita Prefecture to cover the whole of Japan with "Aegis Asshore", which will be deployed in two locations nationwide. We are planning to consider new candidate sites centered on.