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Japan authorizes plans to strike North Korean missile
Japan gave its military the green light on Friday to shoot down any incoming North Korean rocket, with tensions high ahead of a planned launch that the US and allies say will be an illegal missile test. Japanese and US warships have already deployed ahead of the April 4-8 window, when the North has said it would launch a communications satellite. Posted by: Fred 2009-03-28 |
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