TOKYO — Japan prolonged its alert on ballistic missile defenses on Sunday regardless of the expiration of North Korea’s deadline for launching a satellite tv for pc had handed.
Japan put its ballistic missile defenses on alert final month and vowed to shoot down any projectile it deemed to threaten its territory, after North Korea notified Japan it deliberate to launch a satellite tv for pc between May 31 and midnight on Saturday evening.
“Japan will keep its order regarding the ballistic missile defenses for the time being,” the Ministry of Defense mentioned in a quick assertion that didn’t present a purpose.
North Korea final month knowledgeable the International Maritime Organization of the schedule of its deliberate satellite tv for pc launch.
North Korea launched a satellite tv for pc on May 31 that resulted in failure, sending the booster and payload plunging into the ocean, in accordance with North Korean state media. — Reuters
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