TOKYO: Japan‘s defence chief Friday called for the bolstering of its anti-drone capability after a drone footage posted on Chinese social media showed a Japanese aircraft carrier docked at a restricted navy port west of Tokyo.
Defence minister Minoru Kihara called it a serious security threat. Kihara’s acknowledgement of the vulnerability comes more than a month after a video filmed by a drone showed JS Izumo, one of two Japanese helicopter carriers, being retrofitted to carry stealth fighters to strengthen Japan’s counter-strike capability in the face of China’s assertive military actions in the Indo-Pacific.
The footage, also showing plants, buildings and other facility at the Japan maritime self-defence force’s Yokosuka naval base was posted on a Chinese social media site in March, prompting investigation by ministry officials.
Defence minister Minoru Kihara called it a serious security threat. Kihara’s acknowledgement of the vulnerability comes more than a month after a video filmed by a drone showed JS Izumo, one of two Japanese helicopter carriers, being retrofitted to carry stealth fighters to strengthen Japan’s counter-strike capability in the face of China’s assertive military actions in the Indo-Pacific.
The footage, also showing plants, buildings and other facility at the Japan maritime self-defence force’s Yokosuka naval base was posted on a Chinese social media site in March, prompting investigation by ministry officials.