2021.12.07 17:08Nation

米海兵隊ロケット砲を空輸 離島防衛見据え共同訓練―陸自

 陸上自衛隊は7日、米海兵隊との共同大規模訓練「レゾリュート・ドラゴン21」の一環で、米軍の高機動ロケット砲システムHIMARS(ハイマース)を沖縄の基地から空路で八戸駐屯地(青森県)まで運ぶ様子を公開した。国内の訓練でハイマースを空輸展開するのは初。南西諸島の離島防衛などを想定し、陸自の地対艦誘導弾(SSM)との連携体制の迅速な構築が目的とみられる。
 訓練は海兵隊の新たな作戦構想「機動展開前進基地作戦」(EABO)と陸自の領域横断作戦を踏まえた日米連携の向上が主眼。EABOは小規模な部隊を島しょ部に分散して速やかに展開し、対艦・対空ミサイルなどによる攻撃拠点を確保する構想で、陸自がEABOに基づいた訓練を行うのも初めて。
 この日は、米軍嘉手納基地から米空軍のC130輸送機が約4時間かけてハイマースと海兵隊員を運び、陸自のSSM部隊と合流した。8日以降、共有した情報を基に射撃目標を調整する対艦戦闘訓練などを行う。(2021/12/07-17:08)

2021.12.07 17:08Nation

U.S. Rocket Launcher Airlifted from Japan's Okinawa to Aomori


A U.S. multiple rocket launcher was airlifted from the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa to the northeastern prefecture of Aomori on Tuesday, as part of a large-scale joint exercise between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps.
   The first transport operation in Japan for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, was shown to the press.
   Specifically, the U.S. Air Force's C-130 transport plane carried the system and Marines from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa to the GSDF's Hachinohe camp in Aomori, where the Japanese force's surface-to-ship missile unit was waiting.
   The Marines and GSDF troops will later conduct, among others, anti-ship combat drills involving targeting based on shared information.
   The joint exercise, dubbed Resolute Dragon 21, started Saturday and will continue until Dec. 17, with some 4,000 GSDF troops and Marines participating. This is the first time for GSDF's Northeastern Army to take part in Resolute Dragon, one of the largest military drills in the country.

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