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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12467503" data-attributes="member: 92282">Japan has deployed missile batteries in central Tokyo and dispatched  destroyers as North Korea makes final preparations for a rocket launch  that could take place this week despite global condemnation.The  communist North says it will launch a satellite for peaceful scientific  research between April 12 and 16 to mark the 100th anniversary of the  birth of founding leader Kim Il-Sung.But the United States and  its allies say it is a disguised missile test and that the launch would  contravene United Nations sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea's  missile programme.A successful satellite launch would burnish the  image of young Kim Jong-Un as he seeks to establish his credentials as a  strong leader after taking over from his father and longtime ruler, Kim  Jong-Il, who died last December.Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has given the green light to shoot down the rocket if it threatens Japan's territory.Patriot  missiles were Saturday deployed at the defence ministry in downtown  Tokyo and at two other bases in the region to protect the greater Tokyo  area and its population of around 35 million.The ministry also  dispatched three Aegis destroyers carrying interceptor missiles,  reportedly to the East China Sea, where it has already deployed Patriot  missiles on the southern island chain of Okinawa, beneath the rocket's  forecast flight path."We have taken the best possible measures  that we can think of at this point," senior vice defence minister Shu  Watanabe told national broadcaster NHK Sunday.China, North Korea's main ally, called for restraint."China  is concerned and worried about the latest development on the Korean  peninsula," Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Saturday,  according to the official Xinhua news agency.AFP<img src="http://i.imgur.com/mM7mW.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) patriot missiles in Tokyo</blockquote>

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