‘Missile launch, take cover’: Japanese jolted awake by terrifying warning
Loudspeaker message jolts millions of Japanese awake in the early hours as North Korea blasted its second missile over the country in less than a month
“Missile launch! Missile launch! A missile appears to have been launched from North Korea. Take cover in a building or underground.”
But for local residents on the flight path over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, there was no question of this becoming a routine event.
“I cannot say that we are used to this. I mean, the missile flew right above our town. It’s not a very comforting thing to hear,” said Yoshihiro Saito, who works in the small fishing town of Erimo on Hokkaido.
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“It’s pretty scary. I heard that it went 2,000 kilometres in the Pacific and dropped in the sea” where 16 of his ships were operating under the missile’s flight path.
