Ministry of Defense revising the way of information sharing due to abandonment of deployment of Aegis Asshore September 5, 4:47

Regarding the abandonment of the deployment of the new interceptor missile system "Aegis Ashore", the Ministry of Defense decided to revise the way of sharing information within the ministry because there was a delay in reporting to the minister while there was concern that the missile needs to be repaired. I am.

Regarding the deployment of "Aegis Ashore", the government said that it was necessary to repair the missile itself in order to safely drop the device called "booster" used when launching interception missiles, this June, Abandoned deployment to Yamaguchi and Akita prefectures.



Regarding this, the Ministry of Defense has compiled the verification results of the process of giving up the deployment.



According to that, at the beginning, although it was judged that the software could be modified to safely drop the device called "booster" used when launching the interception missile, after consultation with the US side, Early on, there was concern that the missile itself needed refurbishment.



However, it was not until June, a few months later, that he reported to the Minister of Defense Kono that the Ministry of Defense "has taken a long time to technically prove it in order to make an accurate report." I will.



Minister Kono pointed out that "the way information is shared vertically and horizontally within the ministry must be seriously addressed," and the Ministry of Defense is revising reports and information sharing within the ministry.