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Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka said Monday he may order the Self-Defense Forces to shoot down the North Korean rocket purportedly carrying a satellite next month if it passes over Japan.

Tanaka said this in a Diet session, referring to actions the SDF may take in the event the rocket passes through Japanese airspace.

North Korea said Friday it hopes to place a Kwangmyongsong-3 domestically manufactured Earth observation satellite into orbit in mid-April, sparking widespread criticism that the launch is merely a test of a long-range ballistic missile.

"We will take the (necessary) procedures in the event of a contingency that threatens our country's security," Tanaka said, adding that the Defense Ministry plans to deploy ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors and Aegis-equipped destroyers carrying ballistic missile interceptors.

Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba said at the same Upper House Budget Committee session that "the possibility cannot be ruled out that (the rocket) will pass over areas in Okinawa, such as the Nansei Islands."

The North has informed the International Maritime Organization and other official entities that the first stage of the rocket will come down in waters west of South Korea while the second stage will fall east of the Philippines.

Tanaka said Japan will continue to work closely with other nations to obtain accurate information about the planned rocket launch, and that at the moment, there are no concrete activities indicating a launch is imminent.

The defense minister also said he will use as reference his ministry's order during Pyongyang's long-range ballistic missile launch in April 2009.

Yasukazu Hamada, defense minister at the time, ordered the SDF to destroy the North Korean rocket or its debris in the event it fell onto Japanese territory.

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Diet told of interceptor response to N.K. launch

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