Gov't orders SDF to shoot down any incoming N. Korea missile

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a weapon believed to be the intermediate-range ballistic missile Musudan at a military parade in Pyongyang in October 2010. Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on April 7, 2013, ordered the Self-Defense Forces to prepare for the shooting down of North Korean ballistic missiles in the event that any are launched, government sources said.

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