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Open Image ModalIn this photo taken Tuesday, April 10, 2012, North Korean guide Kim Won Ho, right, speaks to a foreign journalist near a photo depicting the 2009 satellite rocket launch at the Three Revolutions exhibition hall in Pyongyang, North Korea. Engineers are pumping fuel into a rocket that is set to carry a satellite into space, officials at the North Korean space agency's central command center said Wednesday, showing reporters a live feed of the west coast launch pad. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
(02 of12)
Open Image ModalA Japan Self-Defense Force member stands guard a PAC-3 Patriot missile unit deployed for North Korea's rocket launch, expected to take place sometime between April 12-16, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo Wednesday, April 11, 2012. North Korean space officials said Tuesday that all assembly and preparations for this week's planned satellite launch have been completed, and denied it is a cover for a missile test. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
(03 of12)
Open Image ModalCherry blossom petals fall on a Japan Self-Defense Force member standing in the compound of the Defense Ministry where PAC-3 Patriot missile units are deployed for North Korea's rocket launch, expected to take place sometime between April 12-16, in Tokyo Wednesday, April 11, 2012. North Korean space officials said Tuesday that all assembly and preparations for this week's planned satellite launch have been completed, and denied it is a cover for a missile test. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
(04 of12)
Open Image ModalA Japan Self-Defense Force member stands by a PAC-3 Patriot missile unit deployed for North Korea's rocket launch, expected to take place sometime between April 12-16, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo Wednesday, April 11, 2012. North Korean space officials said Tuesday that all assembly and preparations for this week's planned satellite launch have been completed, and denied it is a cover for a missile test. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
(05 of12)
Open Image ModalA North Korean man looks down from a balcony at North Korea's space agency's General Launch Command Center on the outskirts of Pyongyang Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Engineers are pumping fuel into a rocket that is set to carry a satellite into space, officials at the North Korean space agency's central command center said Wednesday, showing reporters a live feed of the west coast launch pad. (Photo credit: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
(06 of12)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean technicians man computer terminals at North Korea's space agency's General Launch Command Center on the outskirts of Pyongyang Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Engineers are pumping fuel into a rocket that is set to carry a satellite into space, officials at the North Korean space agency's central command center said Wednesday, showing reporters a live feed of the west coast launch pad. (Photo credit: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
(07 of12)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean technicians man computer terminals at North Korea's space agency's General Launch Command Center on the outskirts of Pyongyang Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Engineers are pumping fuel into a rocket that is set to carry a satellite into space, officials at the North Korean space agency's central command center said Wednesday, showing reporters a live feed of the west coast launch pad. (Photo credit: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
(08 of12)
Open Image ModalA North Korean man stands near a monument calling for the people to follow Kim Jong Il's leadership outside North Korea's space agency's General Launch Command Center in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Engineers are pumping fuel into a rocket that is set to carry a satellite into space, officials at the North Korean space agency's central command center said Wednesday, showing reporters a live feed of the west coast launch pad. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
(09 of12)
Open Image ModalPaek Chang Ho, center, head of the General Launch Command Center briefs journalists outside the center on the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite that is expected to be launched in the coming days in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Engineers are pumping fuel into a rocket that is set to carry the satellite into space, officials at the North Korean space agency's central command center said Wednesday, showing reporters a live feed of the west coast launch pad. (Photo credit: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
(10 of12)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean technicians man computer terminals at North Korea's space agency's General Launch Command Center on the outskirts of Pyongyang Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Engineers are pumping fuel into a rocket that is set to carry a satellite into space, officials at the North Korean space agency's central command center said Wednesday, showing reporters a live feed of the west coast launch pad. (Photo credit: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
(11 of12)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean technicians man computer terminals at North Korea's space agency's General Launch Command Center on the outskirts of Pyongyang Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Engineers are pumping fuel into a rocket that is set to carry a satellite into space, officials at the North Korean space agency's central command center said Wednesday, showing reporters a live feed of the west coast launch pad. (Photo credit: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
(12 of12)
Open Image ModalU.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Samuel Locklear talks with Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, front left, chief of Joint Staff of Japan Self-Defense Forces, after inspecting PAC-3 Patriot missile units deployed in preparation for North Korea's rocket launch, expected to take place sometime between April 12-16, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo Wednesday, April 11, 2012. The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific has called North Korea's plans to launch a rocket a "highly provocative" move that would threaten regional security and could affect future security plans. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)