north and south korea have fired a number of missiles into waters near each other�*s coasts, in a marked escalation of hostilities. our south east asiathey are going to launch missiles as far away as the united states. yesterday we had 23 missile tests in one day. the most ever. what matters about these missile tests is, we have had them before. if you go back five years when there were other periods of tension, they were a lot of these sorts of things. north korea's nuclear capability is greater now. they have a far bigger range of missiles. and their nuclear technology, their weapons technology, their weapons technology, is also presumed to be advancing. we have not had a test for five years but we are expecting another one. the worry is maybe the north korean leader is trying to send a message, maybe he has got problems at home, but if he is more confident, he might try something bolder and miscalculate. then there is the risk of a response. you have the united states, a big ally of south korea, holding big air exercises here at the moment, extending those exercises to remind the north koreans it would be a terrible —— there would