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jpak

(41,760 posts)
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 09:16 AM Apr 2017

Japan warns citizens they might have only 10 minutes to prepare for a North Korean missile

Source: Washington Post

TOKYO — North Korea might be talking about building missiles that can reach the United States, but Kim Jong Un’s regime already has lots of missiles that can reach Japan. So the Japanese government is preparing its citizens to be ready in case a missile comes their way — something that could come with less than 10 minutes’ warning.

The prime minister’s office issued new “actions to protect yourself” guidelines this week, including for the first time instructions on how to respond if a North Korean ballistic missile is heading toward Japan.

Three of the four missiles that North Korea launched March 6 fell within Japan’s exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan, the body of water that separates Japan and the Korean Peninsula. North Korea later said that it was practicing to hit U.S. military bases in Japan.

North Korea showed almost two decades ago that it has all of Japan in its reach. In 1998, North Korea fired a Taepodong-1 missile — ostensibly for launching a satellite — over Japan and into its economic zone on the Pacific Ocean side.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/25/nervous-over-north-korea-japan-issues-guidelines-for-missile-attack/?utm_term=.3e361c664de8

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Japan warns citizens they might have only 10 minutes to prepare for a North Korean missile (Original Post) jpak Apr 2017 OP
Sadly, Japan will say oh we are getting nuked AGAIN HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #1
That's just enough time to bend over under a table and kiss your ass goodbye. Nitram Apr 2017 #2
This is part of the fear we raised about candidate 45 during the election. ffr Apr 2017 #3

Nitram

(22,890 posts)
2. That's just enough time to bend over under a table and kiss your ass goodbye.
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 09:54 AM
Apr 2017

That's all you can do anyway even with 30 minutes notice.

ffr

(22,672 posts)
3. This is part of the fear we raised about candidate 45 during the election.
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 05:53 PM
Apr 2017

Millions of lives are on the line and who do we have as a president? Holy fuck!!!


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