Suspension of Aegis Asshore deployment Visit to Defense Minister Kono today Yamaguchi To Chen Xie 4:19 on June 19
Following the suspension of the deployment plan for the new interceptor missile system "Aegis Ashore", Defense Minister Kono will visit Yamaguchi Prefecture on the 19th to explain the circumstances to Governor Muraoka and apologize.
About "Aegis Ashore" The Ministry of Defense was planning to deploy the Self-Defense Forces in the training fields in Yamaguchi and Akita prefectures. I stopped planning because I found that was needed.
In response to this, Minister Kono visited Yamaguchi Prefecture on the 19th to meet with Governor Muraoka and explain the process of stopping the plan and apologize, considering the cost and time required for repairing the missile. I will.
On the 21st, I will visit Akita Prefecture, where there is another exercise site, which was shown as another candidate site, and explain to Governor Satake and apologize.