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Thread ID: 98501	2009-03-27 02:54:00	Was It Such A Boring Day In Korea That.......	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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759993	2009-03-27 02:54:00	................they dun went and pointed a missile at Japan? Seems kinda counter-productive for this to help with friendship very much. And mean too. (NOTE: I had to correct some of the spelling in this article so it made sense in English) Japan readies defense for North Korea rocket launch By Yoko Nishikawa TOKYO, March 27 (Reuters) - Japan on Friday ordered its military to prepare to intercept any dangerous debris that might fall on its territory if a missile launch planned by Pyongyang goes wrong. Pyongyang has said that between April 4-8 it will launch a satellite, but regional powers believe the real purpose is to test its longest-range missile, the Taepodong-2. It has already positioned what is believed to be the missile on a launch pad. "I have issued an order ... to prepare to destroy any object that might fall on Japan as a result of an accident involving a flying object from North Korea," Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters after a meeting of Japan's Security Council. North Korea this week put a long-range missile in place for the launch, which the United States has warned would violate U.N. sanctions imposed on Pyongyang for past weapons tests. Top nuclear envoys from Japan, South Korea and the United States were to meet in Washington on Friday in a signal of growing concern over the possible launch, the first big test for U.S. President Barack Obama in dealing with the prickly North. INTERCEPT DEBRIS Japan's pacifist constitution does not allow it to intercept a missile if it is clearly heading elsewhere, but Tokyo would try to shoot down a missile aimed at Japanese territory and might try to intercept any debris that falls toward Japan. Japan is expected to move ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors to northern Japan, which lies under the rocket's trajectory, and deploy two Aegis-equipped destroyers with Standard Missile-3 interceptors off Japan's coast. [ID:nT101218] North Korea has given international agencies notice of the rocket's planned trajectory that would take it over Japan, dropping booster stages to its east and west. The U.S. military has said it could with "high probability" intercept any North Korean missile heading for U.S. territory, if ordered to do so. Pyongyang says any attempt to shoot down the rocket would be an act of war. Japan has interceptors theoretically capable of shooting down a missile aimed at its territory, but analysts are divided on whether it can intercept free-falling debris that may fall toward Japan. South Korea said the launch would be a serious challenge to security in north Asia, which accounts for one sixth of the global economy. Japan urged North Korea to refrain from action that would destabilize the region.	SurferJoe46 (51)
759994	2009-03-27 17:58:00	How could you take them seriously when they name a missile Taepodong-2 Had it been something like.... say.. Deathbringer.. it might have more effect. Ken ;)	kenj (9738)
759995	2009-03-27 19:33:00	(NOTE: I had to correct some of the spelling in this article so it made sense in English)This got me curious so I found the original Japan readies defence for North Korea rocket launch (www.reuters.com) article to see how a journalist could have an article published for Reuters that didn't make sense in English. One word had a typo and was written in British (and NZ) English, not American English. original - destablise correct - destabilise (NZ) or destabilize (US - Joe's version) That hardly constituents an article that didn't make sense in English. :rolleyes: Picky, I know. I'm going to have a coffee now. :p	Jen (38)
759996	2009-03-28 04:12:00	This got me curious so I found the original Japan readies defence for North Korea rocket launch (www.reuters.com) article to see how a journalist could have an article published for Reuters that didn't make sense in English. One word had a typo and was written in British (and NZ) English, not American English. original - destablise correct - destabilise (NZ) or destabilize (US - Joe's version) That hardly constituents an article that didn't make sense in English. :rolleyes: Picky, I know. I'm going to have a coffee now. :p Jen, you KNOW that I rally to correct the extra "u"s and the "z"s where "s"s should be and the debate about "z" is just over the top! It was somewhat hard for me to look upon things with spurious spelling and additional consonants when I have been schooled in the King's English. Loose translation: I wuz pulling your leg.	SurferJoe46 (51)
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