{"id":7390,"date":"2023-05-29T17:47:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T16:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=7390"},"modified":"2023-05-29T19:32:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T18:32:19","slug":"japans-missile-defense-on-alert-in-response-to-north-korea-satellite-launch-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/japans-missile-defense-on-alert-in-response-to-north-korea-satellite-launch-warning\/2023\/05\/29\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan’s missile defense on alert as a response to North Korea satellite launch warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOKYO\/SEOUL<\/span>\u00a0(Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Japan<\/span> warned<\/span> of<\/span> its<\/span> missile<\/span> defenses<\/span> and<\/span> territorial<\/span> control<\/span> after<\/span> North<\/span> Korea<\/span> announced<\/span> it<\/span> planned<\/span> to<\/span> launch<\/span> a<\/span> satellite<\/span> between<\/span> May<\/span> 31<\/span> and<\/span> June<\/span> 11.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Nuclear-armed<\/span> North<\/span> Korea<\/span> has<\/span> announced<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> has<\/span> completed<\/span> its<\/span> first<\/span> military<\/span> spy<\/span> satellite,<\/span> and<\/span> North<\/span> Korean<\/span> leader<\/span> Kim<\/span> Jong-un<\/span> has<\/span> approved<\/span> final<\/span> preparations<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> launch.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>It<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> latest<\/span> North<\/span> Korean<\/span> move<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> series<\/span> of<\/span> missile<\/span> launches<\/span> and<\/span> weapons<\/span> tests<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> months,<\/span> including<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> solid-fuel<\/span> ICBM.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> defense<\/span> ministry<\/span> spokesman<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> Japanese<\/span> government<\/span> expects<\/span> North<\/span> Korea<\/span> to<\/span> launch<\/span> missiles<\/span> carrying<\/span> satellites<\/span> over<\/span> Japan’s<\/span> Nansei<\/span> Islands,<\/span> similar<\/span> to<\/span> 2016.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Analysts<\/span> say<\/span> the<\/span> new<\/span> satellite<\/span> is<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> surveillance<\/span> technology<\/span> program<\/span> that<\/span> includes<\/span> drones<\/span> and<\/span> is<\/span> intended<\/span> to<\/span> improve<\/span> the<\/span> ability<\/span> to<\/span> strike<\/span> targets<\/span> in<\/span> wartime.<\/span> Japan’s<\/span> defense<\/span> ministry<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement,<\/span> “We<\/span> will<\/span> take<\/span> destructive<\/span> measures<\/span> against<\/span> ballistic<\/span> missiles<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> missiles<\/span> confirmed<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> landed<\/span> on<\/span> our<\/span> territory.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>It<\/span> added<\/span> that<\/span> Japan<\/span> would<\/span> use<\/span> Standard<\/span> Missile<\/span> 3<\/span> (SM-3)<\/span> or<\/span> Patriot<\/span> Missile<\/span> PAC-3<\/span> to<\/span> destroy<\/span> North<\/span> Korean<\/span> missiles.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Japanese<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Fumio<\/span> Kishida<\/span> told<\/span> reporters<\/span> that<\/span> any<\/span> North<\/span> Korean<\/span> missile<\/span> launch<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> a<\/span> serious<\/span> violation<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> UN<\/span> Security<\/span> Council<\/span> resolution<\/span> condemning<\/span> North<\/span> Korea’s<\/span> nuclear<\/span> and<\/span> missile<\/span> activities.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“We<\/span> urge<\/span> North<\/span> Korea<\/span> to<\/span> refrain<\/span> from<\/span> launching,”<\/span> his<\/span> office<\/span> wrote<\/span> on<\/span> Twitter,<\/span> adding<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> would<\/span> work<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States,<\/span> South<\/span> Korea<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> countries<\/span> to<\/span> do<\/span> its<\/span> utmost<\/span> to<\/span> collect<\/span> and<\/span> analyze<\/span> information<\/span> after<\/span> each<\/span> launch.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>South<\/span> Korea<\/span> joins<\/span> Japan<\/span> in<\/span> urging<\/span> a<\/span> reclusive<\/span> North<\/span> Korea<\/span> to<\/span> abandon<\/span> what<\/span> it<\/span> calls<\/span> “illegal”<\/span> plans.<\/span> The<\/span> Japanese<\/span> soldiers<\/span> are<\/span> passengers<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Patriot<\/span> Advanced<\/span> Capability-3<\/span> (PAC-3)<\/span> Missile<\/span> Force.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Japanese<\/span> soldiers<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Self-Defense<\/span> Forces<\/span> were<\/span> stationed<\/span> in<\/span> Tokyo,<\/span> Japan<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> Patriot<\/span> Advanced<\/span> Capability-3<\/span> (PAC-3)<\/span> missile<\/span> force.<\/span> \/Photo<\/span> Archive\/Reuters\/Kim<\/span> Kyung-hoon<\/span>
\n<\/span>A<\/span> spokesman<\/span> for<\/span> South<\/span> Korea’s<\/span> foreign<\/span> ministry<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> that<\/span> “North<\/span> Korea<\/span> will<\/span> pay<\/span> the<\/span> price<\/span> and<\/span> suffer<\/span> if<\/span> it<\/span> pushes<\/span> forward.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>But<\/span> Chad<\/span> O’Carroll,<\/span> chief<\/span> executive<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Korea<\/span> Risk<\/span> Group,<\/span> which<\/span> monitors<\/span> North<\/span> Korea,<\/span> said<\/span> there<\/span> were<\/span> no<\/span> serious<\/span> consequences<\/span> left<\/span> for<\/span> North<\/span> Korea,<\/span> and<\/span> calls<\/span> by<\/span> Tokyo<\/span> and<\/span> South<\/span> Korea<\/span> to<\/span> halt<\/span> the<\/span> launch<\/span> would<\/span> have<\/span> little<\/span> effect.<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> would.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Given<\/span> the<\/span> massive<\/span> military<\/span> exercises<\/span> between<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> and<\/span> South<\/span> Korea<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> launch<\/span> of<\/span> South<\/span> Korea’s<\/span> own<\/span> satellites,<\/span> North<\/span> Korea<\/span> is<\/span> likely<\/span> to<\/span> view<\/span> South<\/span> Korea’s<\/span> criticism<\/span> as<\/span> highly<\/span> hypocritical.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>South<\/span> Korea’s<\/span> homegrown<\/span> space<\/span> rocket<\/span> launched<\/span> its<\/span> first<\/span> commercial<\/span> satellite<\/span> into<\/span> orbit<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>North<\/span> Korea<\/span> has<\/span> made<\/span> multiple<\/span> attempts<\/span> to<\/span> launch<\/span> “earth<\/span> observation<\/span> satellites,”<\/span> most<\/span> recently<\/span> two<\/span> of<\/span> which<\/span> are<\/span> believed<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> successful<\/span> in<\/span> 2016.<\/span> In<\/span> May,<\/span> leader<\/span> Kim<\/span> toured<\/span> a<\/span> military<\/span> satellite<\/span> facility,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> state<\/span> news<\/span> agency<\/span> KCNA.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> April,<\/span> Japan<\/span> sent<\/span> destroyers<\/span> armed<\/span> with<\/span> SM-3<\/span> interceptor<\/span> missiles<\/span> capable<\/span> of<\/span> hitting<\/span> space<\/span> targets<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> East<\/span> China<\/span> Sea,<\/span> and<\/span> land-launched<\/span> PAC-3<\/span> missiles<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Okinawa<\/span> islands<\/span> to<\/span> strike<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> warheads.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“The<\/span> government<\/span> is<\/span> aware<\/span> that<\/span> satellites<\/span> may<\/span> pass<\/span> through<\/span> our<\/span> territory,”<\/span> Chief<\/span> Cabinet<\/span> Secretary<\/span> Hirokazu<\/span> Matsuno<\/span> said<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> regular<\/span> press<\/span> conference<\/span> after<\/span> North<\/span> Korea<\/span> notified<\/span> the<\/span> Japan<\/span> Coast<\/span> Guard<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> plan.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>North<\/span> Korean<\/span> state<\/span> media<\/span> has<\/span> criticized<\/span> plans<\/span> by<\/span> Japan,<\/span> South<\/span> Korea<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> to<\/span> share<\/span> real-time<\/span> data<\/span> on<\/span> missile<\/span> launches,<\/span> labeling<\/span> the<\/span> three<\/span> as<\/span> discussing<\/span> “evil<\/span> steps”<\/span> to<\/span> boost<\/span> military<\/span> cooperation.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TOKYO\/SEOUL\u00a0(Reuters) – Japan warned of its missile defenses and territorial control after North Korea announced it planned to launch a satellite between May 31 and June 11.\u00a0 Nuclear-armed North Korea has announced that it has completed its first military spy satellite, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has approved final preparations for the launch. It […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,276,2428],"tags":[3217,3806,5601,5602,5603,5604,5605,5606,5607,936,5608,1551,5609,1552,2033,2579,2580,2583],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7401,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390\/revisions\/7401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}