沖縄訓練場に「弾薬庫」検討　南西有事に備え機能強化―陸自

　陸上自衛隊トップの吉田圭秀陸上幕僚長は２２日の定例記者会見で、閣議決定された防衛力整備計画に盛り込まれた南西諸島に弾薬などの物資保管拠点を整備する計画について、沖縄訓練場（沖縄県沖縄市）を候補地として検討していることを明らかにした。
　陸自の弾薬保管拠点は南西諸島になく、最も近いのが佐賀県の九州補給処で、吉田陸幕長は「南西諸島からあまりに遠い」と指摘。有事の部隊展開に備え、事前に物資を集積する必要性を強調した。弾薬以外に建築資材などの備蓄も想定する。
　その上で、陸自第１５旅団が司令部を置き、南西諸島防衛の拠点となる沖縄本島が望ましく、広い敷地を確保できる沖縄訓練場を候補に挙げた。（2022/12/22-22:35）

The head of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has revealed that a training area in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa is being considered a candidate site to house a base to store ammunitions and other supplies.
   The plan for Japan to build such a depot in the Nansei Islands, which include Okinawa Prefecture, was floated under the new Defense Buildup Program adopted by the Japanese government last week.
   The GSDF does not currently have an ammunition storage base in the Nansei Islands, with the closest such facility being in Saga Prefecture in the Kyushu southwestern Japan region.
   The Kyushu depot is "too far away" from the island chain, Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, the GSDF's chief of staff, said at a press conference on Thursday.
   He stressed the need for the country to stockpile supplies beforehand, in preparation for a possible troop deployment in the area in the event of an emergency.