Iran missile experts in North Korea 'to help with rocket launch'

Another example how North Korea, Iran, Syria, Pakistan are all involved in the proliferation of nuclear technology and balistic missiles. Times Online

The experts include senior officials from the Iranian rocket and satellite producer Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, the newspaper said.

The Iranians brought a letter from President Ahmadinejad to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il stressing the importance of co-operating on space technology, it added.

As tensions increase ahead of the rocket launch, Japan's Air Self-Defense Force began deploying units capable of shooting down a rocket to the northern prefectures of Akita and Iwate.