Japan Prepares To Shoot Down North Korean Missile

Above, you can see the proximity of North Korea and Japan. This is from prior North Korean missile launch stories.

Japan is preparing to shoot down the North Korean missile should it or its debris imperil Japanese territory:

From Washington Post.com:

TOKYO, March 27 -- Japan ordered its military on Friday to destroy a North Korean missile or its debris, if the launch fails and falling pieces of the rocket seem to imperil Japanese territory.

Japan ordered two destroyers equipped with American-built Aegis anti-missile systems into the Sea of Japan, and said it would soon move Patriot land-to-air missiles to the country's northern coast, over which the North Korean rocket is likely to fly.

The orders punctuated a week of rising tensions in Northeast Asia, as North Korea moved its rocket to a launchpad and warned the outside world not to interfere or impose sanctions for its planned launch of what it describes as a "communications satellite." The launch is scheduled for sometime between April 4 and 8.

This is going to get interesting.