By Jaime Ortega.
Japan and the U.S. are negotiating for next spring to allow relocation, of a contingent of U.S. drones in Japanese territory in order to strengthen security in the region , the Asahi newspaper reported .
With this strategy , the U.S. would move the three “drones ” to their military base on the island of Guam (located in the South Pacific, of the Japanese archipelago ) on the military base of Misawa ( northern Japan ), which has 5,200 troops.
The newspaper said the U.S. Global spy Hawk planes could be fully operational for next summer , a period in which the typhoon season in the region often prevents for them to be used in Guam.
With these ” drones “, the U.S. can capture images in high definition, radio waves and infrared rays to allow Japan to get information and analyze the activity in other military bases , ports and airports in the region , especially North Korean and their nuclear threat.
The Global Drone Hawk is capable of flying at an altitude of 18,000 meters for more than 30 hours, while allowing routes to be programmed to cover and collect specific information.
In addition to this agreement , according to a report released in late July by the Japanese Ministry of Defense , Japan needs to increase its defensive capabilities with the purchase of spy planes and marine resources to meet the potential threat posed by China and North Korea.
According to the newspaper , in 2015 Japan plans to acquire three to four Global Hawk drones , which hopes to use to share information with the United States and conduct surveillance especially in the area of the Senkaku / Diaoyu , administered by Tokyo and habitual point of friction with China, that claims sovereignty .
In addition to issues of defense, these ” drones ” can help collect data on radioactive contamination in the area of the rugged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant .
After the start of the nuclear crisis caused by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 , Washington flew a Global Hawk on the plant to take photos and collect other data as part of relief operations conducted by the U.S. Army on Japanese soil .
