The White Paper on Defense Is Collective in China "Can Interstate Competition Be Visible"

The White Paper on Defense Collected in China "With the possibility of revealing competition among nations", July 14, 11:06

Keeping in mind China's activities in the midst of the spread of this year's defense white paper and the spread of the new coronavirus infection, "it is possible to reveal competition among nations aiming to expand influence" They are wary that they should be watched as an issue.

This year's Defense White Paper was reported at the Cabinet meeting on the 14th.

Regarding China, which is strengthening its advance into the ocean, the situation in which the authorities' ships are being actively observed in the connected waters around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture almost every day is taken up. We are constantly trying to make changes, and the action of escalating the situation is simply unacceptable."

He analyzed the military trend, saying, "While lacking transparency, increasing defense spending and broadly and rapidly strengthening quality and quantity," he said, "There are strong concerns about regional and international security. We are urging China to act in accordance with the rule of law rules.

It was also pointed out that while the new coronavirus infection spreads worldwide, China is actively conducting military activities around Japan, and is also promoting public relations to other countries triggered by social unrest. However, he said, "It is possible to make competition among nations manifest in order to increase influence," and warns that it should be watched as a security issue.

Regarding North Korea, it was analyzed that "a ballistic missile that can reach our country is already equipped with nuclear weapons and has the ability to attack," and sophistication of related technologies aimed at breaking the missile defense network.


However, it is showing a sense of crisis that it is becoming a new issue for information gathering and interception postures of related countries including Japan . Meanwhile, regarding the abandonment of the new interceptor missile system "Aegis Ashore" to Yamaguchi and Akita, after explaining the history of the problems and other factors, the NSC = National Security Council It is said that they will discuss and set the direction.

Description of Aegis Ashore remains abandoned deployment

The government decided not to deploy the new interceptor missile system "Aegis Asshore" in both Yamaguchi and Akita prefectures, but in the White Paper on Defense this time, there was a description about the system in the explanation of the missile air defense capability, "In the future, the introduction of "Aegis Ashore" will enable interception at a higher level in addition to the Aegis ship."

Also, "Aegis Asshore" is still written in the illustrations that explain ballistic missile defense.

Regarding this, the Ministry of Defense said, "We left the description in view of the fact that the abandonment of deployment has not been officially decided by the Cabinet.

However, this June, the Minister of Defense Kono announced the planned suspension and security. We added the details up to the press conference of Prime Minister Abe, who discussed the strategy."

Commentary on development status of "unmanned aerial vehicles" in each country

This year's Defense White Paper explains in a column how each country is trying to utilize unmanned aircraft that use AI = artificial intelligence, etc., in cooperation with manned aircraft, and the development status.

Among them, unmanned aerial vehicles do not have the risk of losing human lives and the cost of the aircraft is low, so in dangerous situations, they can perform tasks such as reconnaissance, surveillance, and combat, and formulate tactics to become a pilot for manned aircraft. It is supposed that the role of reducing the burden on the pilot, such as making a proposal, is assumed.

In addition, regarding the development status of each country,
▽ In the United States, in January this year, a drone flying at a speed close to the speed of sound conducted a fourth flight test,
▽ In Russia, a drone for large attack, It means that we conducted a test to fly in cooperation with a fighter plane, and an unmanned aerial vehicle flying ahead transmitted the information necessary for the attack to the pilot of the manned aircraft.

Furthermore, in
China, we have succeeded in flying 200 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles in a swarm, and we are utilizing the technology cultivated by investing a large budget and excellent human resources also in the military field. It is said that it seems that there is.

Research and development of these technologies is also being promoted by the Ministry of Defense, and it is said that they can contribute to automatic execution of part of command of the troop and quicker information gathering.

Featured defense white paper history

The Defense White Paper was first published in 1965, and this year marks the 50th anniversary.

The number of pages in the white paper at that time was 94%, which is about one-sixth of the white paper in this year, and unlike the current white paper in which color photographs are used abundantly, only a black and white photograph is published at the beginning. did.

This year's Defense White Paper contains a special feature on the history of the white paper, and the first white paper was published by the then Secretary-General of the Defense Agency, Nakasone, who stated that "national defense requires active understanding and support from the public. It is said that it was created based on the belief that it is indispensable.

The second time it was published in 1976, it has been published every year since then, and with the times, black-and-white photographs have changed to color photographs. , It was introduced in about 50 places.

Initially, the white paper was only a booklet, but since 2003 it has started to be published on the website of the Defense Agency at that time, and since 2011 it has been made into an electronic book.

The designs on the cover cover a variety of maps such as Japan maps, world maps, and equipment. This is based on the fact that the era name of "Reiwa" was quoted from the song of plum blossoms in Manyoshu. It is the cover of the color.