Japan says its ordered preparation for destruction of any North Korean missile

Japan defence ministry says it ordered preparation for destruction of
any North Korean missile

• Says order is in
  response to North Korea’s planned launch of what it says is a
  satellite
• Says order for
  destruction would be for any North Korean missile that is confirmed
  to land in our territory
• standard SM-3 or Patriot missile Pac-3 would be deployed for any destruction of North Korean missile

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The background to this is that NK informed Japan it intends to launch a satellite

Kim Jong Un and sister Kim Yo Jong