Rocket in position at launch pad in North Korea
North Korea Rocket
Credit: AFP/Getty Images
A soldier stands near the North Korean rocket Unha-3 rocket at the Tongchang-ri space center on April 8, 2012. North Korea's long-range rocket is on its launch platform, AFP reporters said Sunday, as the regime again insisted it was to send a peaceful satellite and not a missile. The usually secretive North organised an unprecedented visit for foreign reporters to Tongchang-ri space centre in an effort to show its Unha-3 rocket is not a disguised ballistic missile, as claimed by the US and its allies. AFP PHOTO/ Pedro UGARTE (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)
