At the end of World War Two, Japan, under the leadership of General Douglas MacAuthur, adopted a constitution making it illegal to make war. The behavior of the evil dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong-un has stretched the fabric of Japan to reconsider its resolve. Japan’s leadership is looking for ways to legally take a preemptive strike against North Korea if called for.
As Written by Jane Onyanga-Omara , for USA Today:
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea might be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan.
Abe, who made the statement at a parliamentary panel on national security, said Pyongyang may already be able to shoot missiles with sarin as warheads, the Associated Press reported.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes sarin as a human-made chemical warfare agent classified as a nerve agent. Generally odorless and tasteless, it can cause death in minutes.
U.S. researchers said satellite imagery posted online Thursday shows “continued activity” at North Korea’s nuclear test site in the northeast of the country. The images were posted to the 38 North website, a program of the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md………
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Japan’s Abe warns North Korea could fire sarin-loaded missile
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