Caster Jiro Shinbo appeared on Nippon Broadcasting System “Jiro Shinbo Zoom So far!” He explained that the South Korean military, which was not invited last time, will participate in the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s international naval review held this fall.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrives at Kansai Airport to attend the G20 in the year following the fire control radar irradiation on the Self-Defense Forces aircraft. June 27, 2019 Photo courtesy of Sankei Shimbun
The government announced on the 23rd that it is inviting the South Korean military to an international naval review held by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in November this year. The previous naval review three years ago was not invited due to fire control radar irradiation on SDF aircraft. This time, it is in the form of showing consideration for the Yun Sung-ryeol administration of South Korea, which shows willingness to improve Japan-South Korea relations, but there are also calls from the Liberal Democratic Party to put a stop to the radar irradiation issue.
Spicy) It seems that the reputation among the conservatives of the Liberal Democratic Party is extremely bad. The reason for this is that in 2018, a South Korean Navy destroyer irradiated a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft with a fire control radar. In short, the irradiation of the fire control radar is “lock-on”. Moreover, the location was within Japan’s exclusive economic zone. It’s an act that can’t complain even if the Japanese side shoots missiles and counterattacks.
There is a suspicion that the fire control radar irradiation was done intentionally with the support of the Moon Jae-in administration at the time. The Japanese side protested forcefully, but the Korean side said something that might not even be an excuse. Under such circumstances, the previous fleet review was held, but the Japanese side decided that it would be impossible to invite them under such circumstances. Three years later, nothing has changed regarding the line, but the South Korean government has changed. Therefore, it was decided to invite them to take advantage of the change of government.
The International Fleet Review will be held in conjunction with the Western Pacific Naval Symposium. All countries that customarily participate in the symposium are invited to the fleet review. By the way, Russia is also a member, but since it is invading Ukraine, it will not be invited this time.
