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US Navy ships watch N.Korean launch

The United States has deployed naval ships equipped with ballistic missile defenses and is monitoring North Korea "very closely" ahead of an anticipated rocket launch, the head of US Pacific Command said Thursday.

In an image released by the United States Navy, a guided-missile destroyer departs Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia 2011. The US has deployed naval ships equipped with ballistic missile defenses and is monitoring North Korea "very closely" ahead of an anticipated rocket launch, the head of US Pacific Command said Thursday.

It was "logical" for US naval ships in the region to track North Korea's launch and "to the degree that those those ships are capable of participating in ballistic missile defense, then we'll position them to be able to do that," Admiral Samuel Locklear told reporters.

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    Discussion 1 : 07 Dec 2012 at 13.041

    North Korea are like a loose cannon with an very dangerous man holding the firing pin.There people are deprived of basic needs and yet this despot is spending on nuclear enrichment and missiles.Is good to see both Japan and USA are on the ball. Fortunately the US of A has the ability to bring the missile down,but then what?

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