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PAC man REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Sunday 29th March, 04:32 PM JST

A Self-Defense Force soldier stands guard near a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday. The PAC-3 missiles, currently deployed at six locations in Japan, are to back up the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Aegis guided-missile destroyers, currently on their way to the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean, ahead of North Korea’s planned launch of what it says is a satellite between April 4 and 8.

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  • tanyurine at 07:59 PM JST - 29th March

    Guarding Patriot missles, but he's unarmed?

  • OssanAmerica at 10:23 PM JST - 29th March

    Maybe he's authorized to use harsh language.

  • marsnairb at 10:39 PM JST - 29th March

    it is very sad that North Korea lives with in the dark ages. the rest of the world even China is starting to come around. and also he is not unarmed. he has a missle I call that really armed.

  • gogogo at 10:41 PM JST - 29th March

    Gotta love the school building in the background.

  • phooks at 11:29 PM JST - 29th March

    He is a man of PAC.

    A PAC man, you could say. ;)

  • WilliB at 11:30 PM JST - 29th March

    How good to know that the Defense Ministry is safe! I will sleep better now.

  • OssanAmerica at 11:38 PM JST - 29th March

    A PAC man, you could say

    Har!

  • vdevnik at 01:34 AM JST - 30th March

    The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 is one of the most poor anti-missile systems exited. I wouldn't count on that to really protect anything... it is mostly for media propaganda to let people feel safer.

    anyway all that story about North Korea sounds a little fishy to me...

  • sf2k at 01:47 AM JST - 30th March

    there's a pedistrian who isn't behind a barrier in the background on the left. Probably taking a picture

  • sf2k at 01:48 AM JST - 30th March

    pedestrian

  • nurse13 at 02:14 AM JST - 30th March

    tanyurine, ossanAmerica, gogogo and sf2k, your comments are too hilarious.

  • hepy1 at 04:25 PM JST - 4th April

    i think north korea must surrender because japan is very protect of their nation from everything that will destroy and japan is more strong in technology than other nation i ever know

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