Japan – Tokyo: on Tuesday the foreign minister said it’s difficult to intercept from a rocket that North Korea has declare to fire next month for Japan. He added that the missile defence system has never been tested in action.
Between April 4 and 8 the North Korea has decide to launch a communications satellite. The North Korea challenge to US South Korea and some other nations in Asia who see the plan as a disguised long-range missile test.
A booster stage of the North Korean rocket expected to drop in the Sea of Japan and then pass over the north of the country.
Yasukazu Hamada the Defence Minister "If the rocket is on its planned course and heading to Japan in an extreme case, the missile defence system on Aegis-equipped destroyers and ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 will be effective to some extent."
On Friday in Washington the United States, South Korea and Japan officials will meet to discuss to end North Korea’s nuclear programme and Pyongyang’s planned rocket launch.
The United States had the ability to intercept a missile headed for Alaska or Hawaii. USS Stethem The U.S. Navy’s guided missile destroyer, which is based in Yokosuka near Tokyo. The Navy said was a "goodwill port visit".