Breaking news
Japanese army deploys Patriot air defence missile area of North Korea satellite trajectory 0412123.
| 2012
a | |||
Defense News - Japan |
|||
|
|||
Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 09:33 AM | |||
Japanese army deploys Patriot air defence missile near area of North Korea satellite's trajectory. | |||
The
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force’s transport ship ’Kunisaki’
left the port of Hiroshima carrying Patriot
Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptors. Officials said
the ship was headed to Okinawa which is near the area of the North Korea
satellite’s trajectory. Officials say they will learn from the DPRK’s
(Democratic People's Republic of Korea) previous launch attempt in April,
when Japan was criticized for its delay in informing the public. |
|||
A unit of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles is loaded onto Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (MSDF) transport vessel Osumi at an MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo December 3, 2012. |
|||
The
Japanese government has said it will improve its emergency public information
system, in the event that the DPRK goes ahead with its satellite launch
plan. Meanwhile, the country’s Defense Ministry earlier on Monday
began deploying missile interceptors to the southern Japanese islands
of Okinawa. |
|||