Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, is seen at a National Security Council meeting at the prime minister's office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 29, 2017. (Photo taken from the prime minister's office Facebook page)
DW: What stopped Japan from intercepting North Korean missile?
The altitude and speed of Hwasong-12 would have made it very difficult to destroy missile in flight, while failure would have been embarrassing for Japan and encouraging to N Korea. Julian Ryall reports from Tokyo.
In the aftermath of North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile across Japan early on Tuesday morning, the Japanese government went to great lengths to reassure the public that it is taking all the necessary steps to protect them. In truth, however, there was effectively very little that the Japanese military could have done to neutralize this latest provocation by Pyongyang.
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More News On Japan's Missile Defense
Limitations to missile interception exposed in latest N. Korean missile launch -- The Mainichi
Exclusive: Japan seeks new U.S. missile radar as North Korea threat grows - sources -- Reuters
Japan's missile defences 'not able to intercept North Korean ICBMs fired at Guam' -- The Telegraph
Japan faces obstacles to deploying new missile defenses -- Nikkei Asian Review
Japan: Tokyo Accelerates Its Missile Defense Initiative -- Stratfor
Implications of the Hokkaido missile miss -- Stephen Bryen, Asia Times
Update: This is why the U.S. did not intercept the missile .... Why Didn’t the US Shoot Down That North Korean Missile? (Defense One).
4 comments:
A miss would hand the North Koreans a massive propaganda victory.
/although a successful US intercept (test) happened just today.
How would anyone know?
How would anyone know?
If soldiers of all ranks will debate the morality of the War on Terror amongst themselves, you think they would cover-up a fraudulent system?
There are also many civilians working for contractors and the government. They are not all going to lie.
I don't know JimBrown.
You could study radar, electronics, feedback & control systems and aeronautics. Then you would know for yourself what was possible.
The Norks would know. Their data stream would either end at apex or continue through trajectory.
And the Japanese would know as well. For the same reasons.
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