so we have a king, a fellow at the athens institute for policy studies and take you allison morgan, a professor at the university of tokyo and a former push ambassador to north korea, and in washington, dc. mark fitzpatrick, a fellow at the international institute. statistics studies. and a former deputy us assistant secretary of state, if i would welcome to all of you. but let's start by looking at the timing of these tests. ok, young, why are we saying this barrage of missile tests now? yeah, we have to see the context. well, as you see, you last september, north korea announce is nuclear force horace act and the law is closed. so you are going to see if you could have daughtry, the kingdom has been claiming since the april military re, you know, it is intended to c l, u s. and south korea and they'll do group horses on horses are now over asia. and by shooting all these mr. they say, then i mean they are ready. allister, how concerning is it for japan that this intermediate range ballistic missile flu 1st of all, over its lamp. second of all, it was unannounced. well i think for ev