Japan threatens to shoot down North Korean rocket

Kim Jong-un’s regime insists the rocket, which it says will fly south over the Philippines and Australia and into orbit, is carrying a communications satellite.Kim Jong-un’s regime insists the rocket, which it says will fly south over the Philippines and Australia and into orbit, is carrying a communications satellite.

But the United States, South Korea and Japan all say that the launch is really a ballistic missile test, with North Korea trying to master the technology to fire long-range missiles capable of one day carrying a nuclear warhead.