2025.04.08 17:49Nation

米軍、無人偵察機を沖縄配備へ　期限なし、玉城知事「遺憾」

　防衛省沖縄防衛局は８日、沖縄県に対し、米軍が嘉手納基地（同県嘉手納町など）に大型無人偵察機「トライトン」数機を配備すると説明した。今後数週間以内に展開し、期限は定めない。玉城デニー知事は「大変遺憾だ」とのコメントを出した。
　玉城知事は同基地について、パラシュート降下訓練の実施や相次ぐ外来機の飛来など「負担軽減と逆行する状況が続いている」と指摘。沖縄防衛局に対し、配備計画の見直しや目に見える形での基地負担軽減を求める考えを示した。（2025/04/08-17:49）

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2025.04.08 17:49Nation

U.S. to Deploy Reconnaissance Drones to Okinawa

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The U.S. military will deploy several large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to its Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture in the coming weeks, the Japanese Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau said Tuesday.
   The deployment of the Triton drones is "very regrettable," Denny Tamaki, governor of the southern Japan prefecture, said in a statement.
   Tamaki said that his prefecture continues to see a situation that runs counter to efforts to reduce the burden of hosting the base, such as parachute descent training and a series of foreign aircraft arrivals.
   The governor said he would urge the Okinawa Defense Bureau to reconsider the drone deployment plan and reduce the burden in a visible way.