Interceptors withdrawn from Okinawa

Interceptors withdrawn from Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor launcher is loaded on the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Kunisaki at a port on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 17, 2012. Japan withdrew PAC-3 missiles deployed on the island to intercept a North Korean rocket, after the failure of Pyongyang's rocket launch.

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  • 2012/4/17 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • 2012 Kyodo News
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