美军将严密监视朝鲜火箭发射
[font=宋体, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=14px][align=left][font=simsun][font=simsun][font=simsun][font=simsun][font=simsun][font=simsun][font=simsun][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]The US is moving navy ships into position to track a North Korean rocket due to launch later this month. [/b][/size][/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]美国将部署海军战舰以监视朝鲜本月末的火箭发射活动。[/b][/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The [url=http://www.enread.com/news/politics/91150.html]warships[/url] were moved to achieve "the best situational awareness", the US military chief in the region said. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Japan's government, meanwhile, has formally issued an order to its military to shoot down any rocket debris that [b]infringes（侵犯）[/b] on its territory. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]North Korea plans to launch its rocket between 10 and 22 December, saying it will put a satellite into space. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The US and other nations say the launch constitutes a test of long-range missile technology banned under UN resolutions. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]North Korea conducted a similar launch in April 2012, but the rocket flew only for a short time before crashing into waters off the Korean peninsula.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]This launch window includes two key dates - 17 December marks the first anniversary of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and 19 December is when South Korea's presidential [url=http://www.enread.com/news/politics/91150.html]election[/url] takes place. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]Missile interceptors[/b][/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]South Korea's Yonhap news agency - citing unidentified sources - reports that all three stages of the rocket are now in place at the launch site and that fuel is being injected into a storage tank, after which the rocket will be fuelled. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]But a US think-tank says preparations may not be this far advanced, citing satellite images of the launch site. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Snow had forced a temporary halt to work on 4 December, the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said on its 38 North website, but the North Koreans still had time to complete preparations on schedule.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Based on co-ordinates provided by Pyongyang, the rocket is expected to fly south - with stages dropping into the sea west of the Korean peninsula and then east of the Philippines. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Admiral Samuel Locklear, head of US forces in the Asia-Pacific region, said preparations for the launch were being watched "very closely". [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]On the warships, he said it "should seem logical that we'll move them around so we have the best situational awareness". [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]"To the degree that those [navy] ships are capable of participating in ballistic missile defense, then we will position them to be able to do that," he said. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The [url=http://www.enread.com/news/politics/91150.html]rocket[/url]'s flight plan also takes it close to parts of Japan's Okinawa prefecture. The Japanese government has pledged to shoot down any debris that falls over its territory. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]It is deploying three warships equipped with missile interceptors and is also positioning PAC-3 missile interceptors on the ground at four locations in Okinawa prefecture, Kyodo news agency said. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]All Nippon Airways, meanwhile, says it is adjusting flight plans to avoid the area off the Philippines where the second stage of the rocket may fall. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Similar preparations by the US and Japanese militaries were seen ahead of the failed launch in April. But the 30m Unha-3 rocket is thought to have flown for only minutes before breaking up.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]North Korea has not yet successfully launched a three-stage rocket, despite four attempts since 1998. It is believed to be working on the development of a long-range missile capable of reaching the west coast of the US mainland. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The US and its allies say the rocket launches represent banned tests of ballistic missile technology because the basic technology is the same.[/size][/font]
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