DTN News - JAPAN DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Deployed Patriot In Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture April 12, 2012 For North Korea Missile Launch
Japanese Self-Defence Force soldiers carrying submachine guns stand guard near a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles unit in Miyakojima, on Japan's southern island of Miyako Island, Okinawa prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo on April 12, 2012.
Impoverished North Korea rejected international protests over its planned long-range rocket launch and said on Wednesday that it was injecting fuel "as we speak", meaning it could blast off as early as Thursday.
