Japan orders SDF to shoot down North Korean missile
Japan on Wednesday condemned Pyongyangs plan to launch a space rocket, calling it a thinly disguised test of a long-distance ballistic missile.
The government ordered Aegis ballistic missile defense warships of the Maritime Self-Defense Force and land-based Patriot PAC-3 rocket units to respond should projections show components falling in Japanese territory.
This will effectively mean the firing of a ballistic missile. It would be a clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions and a grave, provocative act against the security of our country, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a Lower House session Wednesday.
Japan, in cooperation with the United States and South Korea, will strongly urge North Korea to refrain from (conducting) the launch, Abe said.
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