N.Korea rocket launch fails

N.Korea rocket launch fails

TOKYO, Japan - Ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors are on standby at the premises of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 13, 2012, even though the North Korean rocket launch in the morning ended in failure.

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