Japan will destroy North Korea missile in case of threat: Tokyo

Press TV ^ | 02/09/2016

[TBP]

They need anti-missile weapons NOW.

[SandRat]

BANZI!!!!!!

[doorgunner69]

Seoul warned that North Korea would pay a "severe price" if it goes on with the plan.

Oh noess! J F'N Kerry will no doubt dash off a sternly worded letter soon.

[Charles Martel]

The Aegis / SM-3 combo was what the US Navy used to shoot down that dying reconnaissance satellite a few years ago. It is likely that Japan already has that capability, if not more.

[Logical me]

Lots of talk and it means nothing. Japan should have shot the last missile out of the sky since America will not.

[driftdiver]

North Korea has the 4th or 5th largest army in the world. Not all that well equipped they are not insignificant. If they decide to start a war it will be bad.

Perhaps you find the deaths of millions to be funny.

[driftdiver]

Im pretty sure Japan has Aegis.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Maybe soon Obama can count as his many achievements a war between North Korea and Japan. If Obama gets any more successful, the world will go up in flames.

[DoughtyOne]

[doorgunner69]

Someone piss in your Wheaties this morning?

[doorgunner69]

Japan definitely has Aegis. They have been on several missile shoots off Kauai hitting ballistic missile targets in the last few years.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Was this related in any way to the 5% drop in the NIKKEI 225 today?

[Teacher317]

Tokyo has ordered ballistic missile defense units in the Sea of Japan and onshore to shoot down any North Korean missile that would threaten its territory.

Smells like bluster to me. With ballistic missiles, you generally cannot tell where it is headed until it is close to its apogee (highest point). If they didn't shoot down the last one on its way up, then this is likely an empty promise. Shooting one down on its way down is much tougher and riskier, I would think.

[OKSooner]

BONSAI!!!

[refermech]

Bomb them with Hondas.

[TBP]

That’s what Toyota can do with all those Scions now that they’re abandoning the brand!

[9422WMR]

Wait, didn't the Norks already fire their missile over Japan last week?
Did they miss that?
Ok, they will get it next time!!

[Charles Martel]

Im pretty sure Japan has Aegis.

Some of their naval vessels are based on our Arleigh Burke destroyer design. They carry Aegis gear, though I'm not sure if the systems are updated to the level that allowed a satellite intercept. With the Japanese government making these comments, I suspect they're up to the task.

[Ancesthntr]

Shooting it down if it looks like it’ll hit Japan won’t help Japan if the missile carries an EMP-tuned nuke (which DOESN’T have to be that large, and definitely NOT thermonuclear) that it detonated near Japan on its way up (i.e. before you can tell where it is going).

The Norks and the Iranians are working on EMP weapons, folks. It is the only way that they can defeat a modern Western nation - and specifically the US. It is the ultimate in assymetric warfare, and we are not prepared for it in any significant way.