Japan orders military to strike any new North Korea missile launches

[BlueStateSaint]

Another possible point of ignition . . .


Japan orders military to strike any new North Korea missile launches



Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera (C) reviews troops from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade during an annual new year military exercise at Narashino exercise field in Funabashi, east of Tokyo January 12, 2014. REUTERS/Issei Kato

REUTERS   5 hours ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has ordered a destroyer in the Sea of Japan to strike any ballistic missiles that may be launched by North Korea in the coming weeks after Pyongyang fired a Rodong medium-range missile over the sea, a government source said on Saturday.

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Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera issued the order on Thursday, but did not make it public in order to avoid putting a chill on renewed talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang, the first in more than a year, local media reported earlier.

"The defense minister made the order from April 3rd through to the 25th to prepare for any additional missile launches," the source said.

Onodera, the source said, did not deploy Patriot missile batteries that would be the last line of defense against incoming warheads.

Media reports said the North Korean-Japanese talks in Beijing this week broke no new ground, but ended with an agreement for further meetings.



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They apparently also see that Obama isn't going to attempt to stop the NoKos.

[Eupher]

I'm kinda wondering when Bibi is going to start thinking the same thing about Barry and the Palestinians/Syrians/Iranians/rest of the Wahhabis. In other words, Barry is about as effective as a fart in a hurricane.

[Lacarnut]

I'm kinda wondering when Bibi is going to start thinking the same thing about Barry and the Palestinians/Syrians/Iranians/rest of the Wahhabis. In other words, Barry is about as effective as a fart in a hurricane.

You give Barry too much credit. I am hoping that N.K. or some other rogue government does not test our resolve by firing off nukes, and that we can make it without another war.