Japan threat to shoot down N. Korean satellite

[cottonmouth]

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Japan threat to shoot down N. Korean satellite - CNN.com

SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Japan said Friday that it could shoot down the satellite that North Korean officials said they plan to launch.


Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura says it has the right to shoot down the satellite.

"Japan is legally able to shoot down the object to secure safety if it looks like it will fall on to Japan," Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura said during a news conference.

North Korea had informed an international organization that it plans to launch a satellite. The announcement has triggered international consternation. U.S. and South Korean officials have long said the North is actually preparing to test-fire a long-range missile under the guise of a satellite launch.

The missile, Taepodong-2, is thought to have an intended range of about 4,200 miles (6,700 kilometers), which -- if true -- could give it the capability of striking Alaska or Hawaii.

A U.N. Security Council resolution in 2006 banned North Korea from conducting ballistic missile testing. Japanese officials said they could shoot down the object whether it is a missile or a satellite.

"As the U.N. resolutions prohibit (North Korea) from engaging in ballistic missile activities, we still consider it to be a violation of a technical aspect, even if (the North) claims it is a satellite. We will discuss the matter with related countries based on this view," said Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone.

Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso added: "No matter what they call it, a satellite or anything, it will violate U.N. Security Council Resolution. We must lodge a stern protest through the U.N. and strongly demand it be called off."

[cottonmouth]

WE WILL SEE if the JAPS still has the balls to walk the talk.

[tyler18]

hala Amazing lagi na sya noh..hehe Satellite and everything.. I wonder how it looks like... HHHMMMM

[hobie]

Yay ..spark of argument nasad ni

[joshua259]

WE WILL SEE if the JAPS still has the balls to walk the talk.

the japs right now can certainly walk the talk. they have learned a lesson from there past nuclear experiences. and also north Korea can not be trusted. whether it is a satellite, not a nuclear missile it is still a threat to the world. if north Korea can launch a satellite then they could certainly launch a nuclear missile in the future.

[crinkle]

WE WILL SEE if the JAPS still has the balls to walk the talk.

hmmm.. Japs always walk the talk. i think N. Korea is a threat not only to Japan but the rest of the world too.

[rig]

it might be a trigger to start a new world war

[nyxgorf]

I smell WAR!!

[wak_wak]

Japanese Kongo-class ship outfitted by the United States for missile defense.



Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) surface-to-air.

During the Operation Iraqi Freedom Patriot PAC-3, GEM, and GEM+ missiles both had a very high success rate intercepting Al Samoud-2 and Ababil-100 tactical ballistic missiles.

Let see if it could hit the missile of NOKOR.

[seven_segment]

sa makauna lang...

we'll see...