Japan alerts its military in response to a North Korean missile threat.
After Pyongyang declared this week that it was prepared to launch its first military spy satellite, Japan gave it's military the order to get ready to shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile on Saturday. Since the United Nations sees such drills as testing of ballistic missile technology, North Korea is prohibited from firing long-range projectiles necessary to put the satellite into orbit.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, Japanese Minister Yasukazu Hamada informed the nation's Self-Defense Forces on Saturday that "there is a possibility of ordering destructive measures against ballistic missiles and others." Hamada gave the order to "implement measures necessary to limit damage in the event of a ballistic missile falling" to the soldiers.
He gave the go-ahead for deploying military troops that can control Patriot PAC-3 missiles in the southern Okinawa prefecture and destroyers that are outfitted with SM-3 missile interceptors.
Following a string of launches this year, the G7's foreign ministers demanded that North Korea cease all additional ballistic missile tests during their meeting on Tuesday in Japan.
The group of wealthy nations also threatened Pyongyang with a "robust" response if it carried out an anticipated nuclear weapons test.
Pyongyang announced a week ago that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile with solid fuel, heralding it as a major development for the nation's nuclear counterattack capabilities.
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