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Japan threatens to shoot down North Korean rocket.

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  • 04-12-2012 2:48am
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    Run_to_da_hills
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    If its anything like the previous rocket launch attempt they should not have too much to worry about. :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX5YwQHQmFo


    Japan is threatening to shoot down a North Korean rocket that Pyongyang says it could launch next week.

    Kim Jong-un's regime insists the rocket, which it says will fly south over the Philippines and Australia and into orbit, is carrying a communications satellite.

    But the United States, South Korea and Japan all say that the launch is really a ballistic missile test, with North Korea trying to master the technology to fire long-range missiles capable of one day carrying a nuclear warhead.

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-03/japan-threatens-to-shoot-down-north-korean-rocket/4403910


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    Manic Moran
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    Wait, are they planning on using Patriots or Standards? Usually the Navy gets the job.


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    Manic Moran wrote: »
    Wait, are they planning on using Patriots or Standards? Usually the Navy gets the job.

    According to this Patriots.


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    Manic Moran
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    Hmm. Live fire tests of the other system. I was never a huge fan of the Aegis-based system as a primary. Too much chance of the ship being in the wrong place, or even just not manned.


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