TOKYO—Japan’s Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Saturday ordered the country’s military to prepare to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite should it fall within Japan’s territory.
Hamada ordered the Self-Defense Forces to make necessary preparations as he could potentially “order the destruction of ballistic missiles,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Japan’s Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada attends a photo session with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other cabinet ministers at Kishida’s residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 10, 2022. (Issei Kato/Pool/Reuters)
Preparations included making arrangements to deploy troops to the southern prefecture of Okinawa to “minimise damage should a ballistic missile fall.”…