The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
March 30, 2009

Gates: US Has No Plans to Shoot Down N. Korean Missile Test
-----------------------------------------------------------



In news from Asia, North Korea says it will launch a communications
satellite as early as Saturday, but Japan and other nations have accused
North Korea of secretly testing an intercontinental ballistic missile.
On Sunday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the US has no plans to
shoot down the missile.

Robert Gates: “I think if we had an aberrant missile, one that was
headed for Hawaii, that looked like it was headed for Hawaii or
something like that, we might consider it. But I don’t think we have any
plans to do anything like that at this point.”



.