Missile interceptors at Defense Ministry

Missile interceptors at Defense Ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows one of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor units deployed in the premises of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 9, 2013, to prepare for a possible ballistic missile launch by North Korea.

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