Tri-Service
Japan Orders Military To Be Ready For North Korea Missile Strike
Japan has ordered its military to be ready at any time to shoot down North Korean missiles that could strike the country.
The move puts personnel on a state of alert for at least three months, according to state broadcaster NHK.
The government usually issues temporary orders when a missile launch from Kim Jong-Un’s regime is imminent.
However, Japan has decided to put its forces on standby for a longer period because some launches are hard to detect.
It comes just a week after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile into the sea just 155 miles off northern Japan.
The Japanese Prime Minister called the launches a “serious threat” and said it was “an intolerable act of recklessness.
A second missile was also fired but exploded after launch.
Tensions remain high in the area with North Korea continuing to ignore UN Security Council resolutions prohibiting the country from carrying out ballistic missile launches.
Last month, North Korea accused the United States of declaring war after Kim Jong Un was put on its list of sanctioned people.
The Director-General of the US affairs department in Pyongyang, Han Song Ryol, said the sanctions on the Dear Leader were the final straw:
"The United States has crossed the red line in our showdown. We regard this thrice-cursed crime as a declaration of war."
And in March, North Korea threatened nuclear strikes on the US and South Korea, in reaction to the start of huge joint military drills by the two countries.
Pyongyang said they were invasion rehearsals.
Related topics
Join Our Newsletter
