{"id":6034,"date":"2023-04-22T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6034"},"modified":"2023-04-22T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:29:15","slug":"japan-prepares-to-shoot-down-debris-from-north-korean-spy-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/war\/japan-prepares-to-shoot-down-debris-from-north-korean-spy-satellite\/2023\/04\/22\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan prepares to shoot down debris from North Korean spy satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOKYO<\/span> (AFP)<\/span> –<\/span> Japan’s<\/span> Defense<\/span> Minister<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> ordered<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> to<\/span> activate<\/span> missile<\/span> interceptors<\/span> and<\/span> prepare<\/span> to<\/span> launch<\/span> debris<\/span> from<\/span> a<\/span> North<\/span> Korean<\/span> satellite<\/span> that<\/span> could<\/span> fall<\/span> on<\/span> Japanese<\/span> territory.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>North<\/span> Korean<\/span> leader<\/span> Kim<\/span> Jong<\/span> Un<\/span> said<\/span> earlier<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> that<\/span> its<\/span> first<\/span> military<\/span> spy<\/span> satellite<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> launched<\/span> on<\/span> an<\/span> unspecified<\/span> date.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>North<\/span> Korea<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> tested<\/span> about<\/span> 100<\/span> missiles<\/span> since<\/span> early<\/span> last<\/span> year<\/span> in<\/span> response<\/span> to<\/span> joint<\/span> US-South<\/span> Korea<\/span> military<\/span> exercises.<\/span> Some<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> missiles<\/span> flew<\/span> over<\/span> Japan<\/span> or<\/span> landed<\/span> on<\/span> Japan’s<\/span> northern<\/span> coast.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Last<\/span> week,<\/span> North<\/span> Korea<\/span> tested<\/span> a<\/span> solid-fuel<\/span> ICBM<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> time.<\/span> Defense<\/span> Minister<\/span> Hamada<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> instructed<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> to<\/span> prepare<\/span> PAC-3<\/span> surface-to-air<\/span> missiles<\/span> from<\/span> southwestern<\/span> Japan,<\/span> including<\/span> Okinawa<\/span> and<\/span> neighboring<\/span> islands,<\/span> in<\/span> areas<\/span> believed<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> under<\/span> North<\/span> Korean<\/span> missile<\/span> trajectory.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>He<\/span> also<\/span> ordered<\/span> destroyers<\/span> armed<\/span> with<\/span> SM-3<\/span> air-to-air<\/span> missiles<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> used<\/span> in<\/span> coastal<\/span> waters,<\/span> the<\/span> ministry<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> ministry<\/span> said,<\/span> “There<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> possibility<\/span> that<\/span> an<\/span> order<\/span> to<\/span> dispose<\/span> of<\/span> ballistic<\/span> missiles<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> equipment<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> issued,<\/span> and<\/span> we<\/span> are<\/span> making<\/span> the<\/span> necessary<\/span> preparations.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> rocket<\/span> launch<\/span> order<\/span> requires<\/span> the<\/span> approval<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> prime<\/span> minister.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>North<\/span> Korea<\/span> is<\/span> expected<\/span> to<\/span> conduct<\/span> more<\/span> weapons<\/span> tests,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> and<\/span> South<\/span> Korea<\/span> will<\/span> continue<\/span> joint<\/span> air<\/span> exercises<\/span> next<\/span> week.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan’s Defense Minister on Saturday ordered the military to activate missile interceptors and prepare to launch debris from a North Korean satellite that could fall on Japanese territory. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said earlier this week that its first military spy satellite would be launched on an unspecified date. North […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[276,26,280,2428],"tags":[2100,2574,4211,4212,4213,4214,4215,4216,1551,1552,1556],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/japn.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6037,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6034\/revisions\/6037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}