Tokyo: As proclaimed NHK, Wednesday (16/5), SDF officials said the vehicle was covered with thick iron that is airtight and air purifier. The vehicle can also be used in contaminated areas of toxic gases and bacteria.
While the vehicle operator may use a sensor to detect radiation outside. Thus, it can directly obtain data on the toxic gas and bacteria that contaminated the area.
Unlike the vehicles used in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident, this new unit can transmit data at once. Thus allowing the SDF to act quickly and decontamination plan.
One unit of the vehicle has an estimated price of around U.S. $ 9 million. So far only three vehicles that have deployed the Japanese government. While the GSDF troops said it plans to deploy dozens of vehicles across the country.
An anti-radiation vehicle was launched in Tokyo, Japan, recently. Reconnaissance vehicles for nuclear, biological, and chemical was officially launched at an Army post Martial or SDF in the city of Saitama, north of Tokyo.
