the attention of the china? >> exactly. japan has purchased long-range strike systems and suffering stayed with a very effective system that china raised two objections to so china is seeing that not just the united states with a statement by president trump but also japan and south korea are upping the ante in ways that is making china uncomfortable thus china is willing to put pressure on north korea. that is the path forward but we are not at a success point, yet. arthel: well, we are not at the next success point yet but how much time do we have to get there? kim jung-un keeps going with his nuclear program and developing. >> exactly. essentially he wants this program to at least give him the option to pressure a potentially someday to invade south korea. that may be a ways away the point is if he gets close to that point the pressure will be