Missile units arrive in Sendai ahead of N. Korean launch

Missile units arrive in Sendai ahead of N. Korean launch

SENDAI, Japan - Patriot guided-missile equipment is unloaded at Sendai Port in Sendai on March 29 on its way to Akita and Iwate prefectures. The Air Self-Defense Force will deploy a PAC-3 launcher in a Ground Self-Defense Force exercise area in Akita Prefecture and another one in a GSDF exercise area in Iwate Prefecture to shoot down a rocket North Korea plans to launch in case it falls onto Japanese territory.

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