More on Japan plans to shoot down North Korean rocket

Earlier headline here: Japan issues order to destroy any North Korean rocket that threatens

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on Wednesday ordered ballistic missile defense units, including Aegis destroyers in the Sea of Japan and Patriot missile batteries onshore, to be ready to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatened Japan

• North Korea told the United Nations it plans to launch a satellite as early as next week
• South Korea said the planned satellite launch was really a plan to launch a long-range missile

via Reuters