A video camera films the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) land-to-air missiles that are deployed at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo April 12, 2012. Impoverished North Korea rejected international protests over its planned long-range rocket launch and said on Wednesday that it was injecting fuel "as we speak", meaning it could blast off as early as Thursday. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY MEDIA)