intercontinental ballistic missiles that if that is really and they really have the missiles and they really work could theoretically hit the united states. so everyone in the region and the u.s. is taking this test program very, very sleersly. every test is very much monitors in real time by u.s. military intelligence and they look at it almost instantaneously with the radars, the ships and the anti-missile defense they have in the region to determine, is it a threat and do we have to shoot it down. so far that hasn't happened. the north koreans still a very spotty record on successful versus failed launches, but there have been launches that have come within miles of the japanese coastline. and that's a big problem. >> absolutely. it's a serious situation, obviously, in light of the recent heightened rhetoric. thank you so much, barbara sta,