Missile interceptors head to Okinawa

Missile interceptors head to Okinawa

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors are loaded onto the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Kunisaki at an MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in the early hours of Dec. 3, 2012. Japan expedited deploying the PAC-3 missile interceptors in Okinawa Prefecture to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch.

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