The rocket has been launched.....

North Korea launched it's rocket today at 11:30am local time. Though the contents of the rocket are still unknown, according to CNN it has cleared Japan, and there was no need to shoot the missile down. You can read the full article here: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/north.korea.rocket/index.html
I'll update with more info when I have it.