防衛省:MQ9 を米軍嘉手納基地に移駐へ Ministry of Defense: MQ9 to be relocated to U.S. Kadena Air Base 防衛省:MQ9將轉移至美國嘉手納空軍基地

防衛省:MQ9 を米軍嘉手納基地に移駐へ
Ministry of Defense: MQ9 to be relocated to U.S. Kadena Air Base
防衛省:MQ9將轉移至美國嘉手納空軍基地

ーredeploy from Kyushu to Okinawaー

ー南西地域での即時情報収集ニーズに対応ー

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海上自衛隊:鹿屋航空基地

現在、米軍無人偵察機MQ9を、鹿児島県に配備中。

防衛省が通知:

10月6日、「米軍嘉手納基地への移駐準備」を10月中に始めると通知した。

複数の関係者:

鹿屋で運用する機体全てを、11月に嘉手納に移す計画。

鹿児島県での運用期限は11月20日まで。

US, Japan & Taiwan to Integrate Real-Time Drone Data

米軍の狙い:

米軍基地は、中国軍が海洋進出を強める南西地域により近い。

基盤がそろった米軍基地運用で、偵察活動高度化を狙う。

https://373news.com/_news/storyid/183157/

China Stepping Up Drone Operations Around Taiwan | TaiwanPlus News - YouTube

嘉手納配備の意義:日本経済新聞

防衛省は「南西地域での即時の情報収集ニーズに対応できる」と説いた。

嘉手納町:当山宏町長

海外との「安全保障環境は厳しい。必要性を必ずしも否定するものではない」との見解。

離着陸の頻度や騒音は小さい。十分な安全確保策が講じられている。

日本の反撃手段「トマホーク」、1年前倒し25年度自衛隊配備で一致…日米防衛相会談 : 読売新聞

 

米国での日米防衛相会談:

10月4日米国で日米防衛相会談を開催。

日米による警戒監視や偵察能力の強化へMQ9が「極めて重要」と確認。

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOJC066TL0W3A001C2000000/

Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan|Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island|Description of the Property

US MQ-9 unit to redeploy from Kyushu to Okinawa

General Atomics:Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9s

The US military is redeploying a unit of GA-ASIMQ-9s from Kyushu island

to Okinawa to enhance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations in southwest Japan.

Pacific Update: 319th ERS begins build of MQ-9 - YouTube

the US Department of Defense: (DoD)

The 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS)operates eight MQ-9s,

We can confirm that the US Pacific Air Forces plans to deploy MQ-9s and US personnel

from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base to Kadena Air Base,

a spokesperson from the USAF’s 18th Wing at Kadena told Janes.

The 319th ERS’s initial mandate

was one year of operations from Kanoya Air Base, on the southern tip of Kyushu island.

However, the move to Okinawa

has been prompted by rising concerns in the East China Sea,

Japanese Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara said during a press conference on 10 October.

the Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD)

Kihara said.

“The activities of neighbouring countries have [increased], and there is also a need for information gathering in the sea and airspace around Japan’s southwest region,”

“The deployment of US Air Force MQ-9s to Kadena Air Base will, first, provide easier access to the area and increase [the duration of] ISR operations in the face of current heightened concerns.”

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/us-mq-9-unit-to-redeploy-from-kyushu-to-okinawa