Japan defence ministry says it ordered preparation for destruction of
any North Korean missile
- Says order is in
response to North Korea’s planned launch of what it says is a
satellite - Says order for
destruction would be for any North Korean missile that is confirmed
to land in our territory - standard SM-3 or Patriot missile Pac-3 would be deployed for any destruction of North Korean missile
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The background to this is that NK informed Japan it intends to launch a satellite
Kim Jong Un and sister Kim Yo Jong