Japan Ready To Shoot Down North Korea Missile If Required

SpaceWar.com ^ | March 28, 2009

[Steelfish]

Japan Ready To Shoot Down North Korea Missile If Required

North Korean rocket could reach Hawaii: US admiral America's top military officer said on Friday that a rocket North Korea plans to launch next month has a range that could possibly reach Hawaii.

Asked if the North Korean rocket could reach the US states of Hawaii or Alaska, Admiral Mike Mullen told CNN: "In some cases, yes, they could probably get down to Hawaii."

Russia on Friday urged North Korea to refrain from its planned rocket launch which Pyongyang says is aimed at putting a satellite into orbit. "North Korea would be better off refraining from it," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin told reporters in Moscow, Russian news agencies reported.

"There is no need to ignite passions around this problem," he said. "All the issues that arise in connection with the planned launch one way or another need to be decided by way of dialogue and consultations."

Russia, he said, "understands that the situation in the region of Northeast Asia is tense therefore it would be best if our partners from North Korea refrained from this launch."

US and Japanese envoys to the six-party North Korean disarmament negotiations began consultations here Friday, a US official said ahead of the communist regime's expected rocket launch.

"All issues concerning North Korea will be part of our discussion with the Japanese," State Department spokesman Robert Wood told AFP.

He confirmed that Stephen Bosworth, the new US envoy on North Korea, and Sung Kim, the representative to the disarmament talks, began meeting with the Japanese envoy, Akitaka Saiki.

[BigCinBigD]

They should just fly over some Sunday morning and bomb it.

O’hhhh, did I say that?... ;o)

[Big_Monkey]

"If the Europeans don't want to be protected by our anti-missile shield why don't we use it to protect Japan instead?

We are. The Japanese would be using our naval anti-missile technology (PAC-3 or SM-3) and a US built Aegis destroyer.

[LeoWindhorse]

smoke it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

[LSUfan]

The real story here folks is Iran’s involvement in the NK missile program. If NK has a missile that can reach North America, that means that Iran almost certainly can buy it, perhaps just by swapping oil for it.

Then you have the prospect of Iran with nuclear armed ICBMs capable of hitting New York...

[mamelukesabre]

BRING IT, BITCHES

[AmericanInTokyo]

Yes, Iran has its missile specialists on hand at the launch site in North Korea, just like last time (July 2006) when they launched a shitload of scuds, nodongs and several taepodongs at Japan over a 14 hour period.

Obama is not a president that can be relied upon, is what my Japanese friends are going to come to the conclusion VERY soon. ;-(