North Korea’s rocket may be shot down by Japan
Japan may order its military to prepare to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it threatens to hit the country, media reports said on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting to discuss the plan.
The isolated Pyongyang regime has said it will launch a communications satellite over Japanese territory in early April, but the United States and its Asian allies suspect the launch is a long-range ballistic missile test.
Tokyo, which has developed a missile defence system with the United States, has warned it will shoot down any object — a missile or any debris — if it threatens to hit Japanese ter ritory. North Korea says it would regard a rocket intercept as an act of war.
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The isolated Pyongyang regime has said it will launch a communications satellite over Japanese territory in early April, but the United States and its Asian allies suspect the launch is a long-range ballistic missile test.
Tokyo, which has developed a missile defence system with the United States, has warned it will shoot down any object — a missile or any debris — if it threatens to hit Japanese ter ritory. North Korea says it would regard a rocket intercept as an act of war.
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To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.asianage.com
Labels: Asian allies suspect, communications satellite, Japan, Japanese territory, missile defence system, North Korea, North Korean rocket, Tokyo
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