Japan Coast Guard: Introducing “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”: Sea Guardian
Japan Coast Guard:
It is “Sea Guardian” developed by the American defense company “General Atomics”.
Aircraft that guard the area around Japan,
A head without any windows.
Below that is a high-quality camera.
A bulging radar on the fuselage,
Elongated wings spanning 24 meters.
The total length is 12 meters, which is about the size of a large bus.
Watched by Sea Guardian:
This aircraft has been flying since October 15th.
The Pacific Ocean off Sanriku in Tohoku
Around the Ogasawara Islands,
The coast of Sado City, Niigata Prefecture,
Ishikawa Prefecture Noto Peninsula coast
Illegal operation by foreign fishing boats
At “Yamatotai”, illegal fishing by foreign fishing boats is occurring one after another.
We will monitor the offshore area on the Sea of Japan side from western Japan to northern Japan.
Information Processing Center:
“Command post” that gives instructions to control the aircraft at the same time as receiving information
Six monitors lined up reflect the information received.
Published video:
Video taken from an unmanned aerial vehicle,
Radar screen showing the existence of a ship,
It shows altitude, location information, speed, etc.
For example, if a suspicious ship is found, the command post will instruct the control facility to reroute.
NHK news
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20201031/k10012687131000.html