Japan puts missile defence on alert as N.Korea warns of satellite launch
its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong Un has approved final preparations for the launch.
The order by the Japanese defence ministry, the first in response to a North Korean space launch since 2016, comes after Japan indispatched to the East China Sea a destroyer carrying Standard Missile-3 interceptors that can hit targets in space, and sent ground-based PAC-3 missiles, designed to strike warheads closer to the ground, to the Okinawan islands.
Analysts say the satellite is part of a surveillance technology programme, that includes drones, meant to improve its ability to strike targets in the event of war.North Korea has conducted a series of missile launches and weapons tests in recent months, including a new, solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile.
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