ＳＮＳ拡散動画、本物と判断　ドローンで「いずも」空撮―基地警備に課題・防衛省

　海上自衛隊横須賀基地（神奈川県横須賀市）に停泊中の護衛艦「いずも」をドローンで撮影したとされ、ＳＮＳ上で拡散した動画について、防衛省は９日、動画は実際に撮影されたものの可能性が高いとする分析結果を明らかにした。
　基地警備の課題が浮き彫りとなった格好で、同省は「極めて深刻に受け止める」としている。警察などと連携して厳正に対処するとともに、警備体制の強化を急ぐという。
　動画は約２０秒間、停泊中のいずも上空を通過しながら甲板などを撮影したもの。３月２６日に中国の動画投稿サイトに投稿され、削除された後もＳＮＳなどで拡散している。木原稔防衛相は４月２日の会見で「悪意をもって加工、捏造（ねつぞう）された可能性を含め分析中」と述べていた。（2024/05/09-20:08）

A video of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Izumo that was circulating on social media is likely real, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
   The video of the Izumo, docked at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, appears to have been taken by a drone. The incident shed light on challenges involving ensuring security of SDF bases as unauthorized drone flights are banned around SDF facilities.
   The ministry said that it takes the incident very seriously and that it will work with the police and other authorities to respond toughly while strengthening its security system.
   The roughly 20-second video shows the deck of the Izumo taken by a drone flying above the vessel. It was posted on a Chinese video platform website on March 26 and spread on social media after the original video was deleted.
   Defense Minister Minoru Kihara had told a press conference last month that the ministry was analyzing the video while looking at the possibility that it was processed or fabricated with malicious intent.