In response, Japan has put its missile defense on alert.
As per reports, North Korea has warned Japan about the launch since the trajectory is over the waters of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea and would require it to pass over islands in the Japanese southwest. This is also where the U.S. has many bases and thousands of troops.since earlier this year, and Japan has been on standby to shoot down falling debris.
North Korea has been carrying out extensive missile tests in recent months, which also included a new. Earlier this month, Kim Jong Un recently visited a facility where the country's first spy satellite was being assembled, which set into motion talks about a space rocket launch. The Korean Central News Agency had then reported that the satellite was a "military reconnaissance" purpose and would help keep an eye on the U.S. forces and allies in Asia, theBefore this, North Korea put Earth observation satellites into orbit in 2012 and 2016 and notified neighbors of such launches. Foreign experts believe that these satellites could not send back imagery, and even the newer devices looked too crude and small to support high-resolution images.
South Korea, too, has joined Japan in denouncing North Korea's planned launch, while the U.S. has said that it will help collect and analyze information from the launch.
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