防衛装備品の共同生産へ新体制　日米首脳会談で合意へ―米高官

　【ワシントン時事】キャンベル米国務副長官は３日、ワシントンのシンクタンクで講演し、日米首脳が１０日の会談で、防衛装備品の共同生産に向けた新体制発足について協議するとの見通しを明らかにした。「重要な防衛装備品の共同開発や、将来的な共同生産の可能性も含め、日米がより協調して取り組むための初の措置が話し合われるだろう」と述べた。
　キャンベル氏は「新型コロナウイルス禍で学んだ教訓は、軍事分野のサプライチェーン（供給網）がいかに細く、簡単に詰まってしまうかということだ。拡充が必要だ」と指摘。来週の首脳会談は「（日米の）安全保障協力を更新する上で、歴史的な内容になる」と強調した。（2024/04/04-07:18）

Japan and the United States are set to discuss the launch of a new scheme for the joint production of defense equipment at an upcoming summit meeting, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said Wednesday.
   "One of the things that I think you'll see next week are steps for the first time that will allow the United States and Japan to work more collaboratively on joint development and potentially coproduction of vital military and defense equipment," Campbell said in a speech at a think tank in Washington.
   Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to meet U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on April 10.
   One of the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic is that some of supply chains on the military side are "so narrow and easily clogged," the deputy secretary noted. "We are going to need to have more capacity in play."
   Campbell also said next week's summit will be "historic for the updating of the U.S.-Japan security partnership."