The U.S. and Japanese military sources pointed out that the U.S. Navy will temporarily deploy two MQ-4C Poseidon unmanned reconnaissance aircraft currently in Guam to the Japanese mainland in mid-May, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk UAVs, to strengthen the U.S.-Japan joint surveillance warfare capabilities.
Comprehensive foreign media reports, the Japanese Ministry of Defense said that this summer the U.S. Navy MQ-4C Poseidon unmanned reconnaissance aircraft will be the first time and the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk reconnaissance drones, together with “temporary deployment” to Japan; the U.S. Department of Defense also confirmed the news, pointing out that in the increasingly serious situation of national security in Japan, the two MQ-4C located in Guam Poseidon unmanned reconnaissance aircraft will arrive in Japan in mid-May; the U.S. Navy in Japan said that this move will strengthen the U.S.-Japan joint surveillance and warfare capabilities.
In addition to the MQ-4C Poseidon unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, U.S. Air Force Fifth Air Force spokesman Captain Andrea Valencia also confirmed the news from Japan earlier this month, noting that the weather in the Kanto region appears more favorable during the typhoon season, so the RQ-4 Global Hawk will be transferred from Guam’s Anderson Air Force Base for deployment to Japan.
Valencia stressed that the move ensures that the U.S. and Japan can jointly conduct sustained reconnaissance operations in the free and open and increasingly challenging Indo-Pacific region.
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