The Japanese government is facing heavy criticism over its slow response to the failed North Korean rocket launch Friday.
While the country displayed a massive show of force in the lead-up to the planned launch, dispatching Pac-3 missile batteries and Aegis-equipped ships in Tokyo and Okinawa, it took nearly 40 minutes for leaders to officially confirm the launch Friday, much longer than neighboring South Korea. The J-alert emergency warning system, intended to inform the public minutes after liftoff, was never activated.
(ABC News)
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