Japan puts military on alert for possible North Korea missile launch

Japanese naval destroyers and anti-ballistic missile Patriot batteries to be ready to shoot down any projectile

TOKYO: Japan on Monday put its military on alert for a possible North Korean ballistic missile launch, ordering naval destroyers and anti-ballistic missile Patriot batteries to be ready to shoot down any projectile heading for Japan, state broadcaster NHK said.



A spokesman for the Japan's Ministry of Defence in Tokyo declined to say whether such an order has been issued.