| Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, November 14, 2001 |
Japan to Send 1,500 SDF Soldiers to Support US Campaign |
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Japan plans to dispatch about 1, 500 Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) soldiers for one year to provide logistical support to the ongoing U.S.-led anti-terrorism campaign, Japan's Kyodo News reported on Wednesday.
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Japan plans to dispatch about 1, 500 Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) soldiers for one year to provide logistical support to the ongoing U.S.-led anti-terrorism campaign, Japan's Kyodo News reported on Wednesday.
Four destroyers and two supply ships of the Maritime Self- Defense Force will also be dispatched to transport supplies, Kyodo reported, quoting a basic plan it obtained.
The area of operations will be in the Indian Ocean centering on the island of Diego Garcia, a British territory used as an air and naval base by Britain and the United States, as well as the Gulf and Arabian Sea, it reported.
Fuel and food supplies will be provided from Southeast Asia and Australia, according to Kyodo.
The plan also includes transportation of supplies by six C-130 transport planes, it added.
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