Japan preps for N. Korea rocket launch

Japan preps for N. Korea rocket launch

NAHA, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor is unloaded from the military transport ship Osumi at Nakagusukuwan port in the city of Okinawa on Dec. 7, 2012. Japan stepped up preparations the same day for a long-range rocket North Korea has said it will launch sometime during a 13-day period from Dec. 10, ordering the destruction of the projectile should any part of it threaten to fall onto Japanese territory.

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