Preparing for intercepting N. Korean rocket

Preparing for intercepting N. Korean rocket

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the transport vessel Kunisaki off the coast of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor system, shortly after leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure for Okinawa's Ishigaki Island on April 2, 2012. The interceptor will be deployed ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea in mid-April. (Kyodo)

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