PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor is unloaded from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Kunisaki at Ishigaki port on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 5, 2012. Japan completed the deployment of the ground-based interceptors in the prefecture the same day to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime in the following week.

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