Toshiba Drone Assembled in 4 Minutes Deployed in Ukraine Combat Inside Japan’s Only Anti-Terrorism Exhibition

The “Crisis Management Industry Exhibition (RISCON TOKYO) and Special Anti-Terrorism Equipment Exhibition (SEECAT)” was held at Tokyo Big Sight from October 9 to 11, 2012. This event was first held in 2005 under the literal theme of crisis management and counter-terrorism, and in 2007, an exhibition of special equipment for counter-terrorism was also launched. The number of exhibiting companies has increased with each passing year, and interest in this field is growing.

This event is limited to police, firefighters, Self-Defense Forces, local government officials, and related companies, and is held on a pre-registration basis, but SEECAT has a separate registration screening process and is completely closed to visitors.

While RISCON is attended by disaster prevention manufacturers, radio equipment manufacturers, and local governments, SEECAT is attended by many companies specializing in a wide range of fields such as dignitary protection, soft-target terrorism countermeasures, and drone countermeasures, as well as by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Public Security Intelligence Agency, and other ministries and agencies. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Public Security Intelligence Agency, and other ministries and agencies were also exhibiting.

Seminars were also held every day, with a wide range of topics such as citizen protection, stopping bleeding and treatment of lacerations caused by gunfire and bombs, and other counter-terrorism seminars that were fully booked every day.

The “China Risk” of Chinese-made Drones

The use of drones as weapons in both Ukraine and Russia during Russia’s unilateral and ruthless invasion of Ukraine is well known, but the threat of drone attacks in Japan is also increasing year by year.

A security official said , “Drones made by Chinese manufacturers have cameras that are activated even when the power is turned off or the battery is disconnected, and there is a possibility that data taken during flight and the location of storage may be leaked, and that the flight paths are constantly monitored . In addition, there are concerns about the ‘China risk’ that flight trajectories may be constantly transmitted, so only products made in Japan or by a reliable manufacturer such as an allied country can be used. The same applies to surveillance cameras,” he said.

At the Toshiba booth, an assembly demonstration of an autonomous capture drone was held, demonstrating its mobility, as it could be assembled in just four minutes after being removed from its special case.