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Japan's Revision of Guidelines for Operation of Missile Shield Termed Dangerous

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, January 9 (KCNA) -- Japan has recently revised the "guidelines for emergency measures" for the operation of the missile shield to enable the defence minister to directly issue an order for intercepting missiles instead of the prime minister.
    Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in a signed commentary terms this a very dangerous military measure as it is aimed at increasing the danger of war in Asia and gravely threatening its peace.
    It goes on:
    The recent measure taken by Japan is not designed to "protect" Japan from someone's "missile threat."
    The Japanese militarist forces have become so emboldened that they are now fully ready for making a preemptive strike at other countries any time they want. Herein lie the danger and aggressive nature of the measure taken by the Japanese reactionaries to simplify the system whereby to issue an order for intercepting missiles.
    The military measures taken by Japan under the pretext of someone's "missile threat" are, in essence, aimed at realizing its criminal scenario to establish military supremacy in Asia-Pacific and put into practice its wild ambition for reinvasion. The DPRK is made its primary target. Such military moves as the forward-deployment of "SM-3" and the above-said simplifying measure stepped up by the Japanese reactionaries are designed to make a preemptive missile strike at the DPRK.
    Japan had better drop its foolish ambition to realize its old dream of "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" through overseas military invasion.