When North Korea detonated a nuclear test and then fired two ballistic missiles, followed by firing two short range missiles (one surface-to-air and one surface-to-sea), it wasn't just a random firing of whatever was laying around in the closet. I think this is a statement -- a sentence with subject, verb and object (or rather, dependent clause) spoken in military hardware.
The nuclear test reenforced the fact that they have them, the ballistic missiles said that they can deliver them, and the short range missiles said you can't stop them.
The first two points are obvious: Subject=atomic weapon, verb=delivered by missiles. It's the third part that's interesting...
The current US design for anti-missile defense is either sea or air based (or controlled). So the North Koreans fire a couple of missiles saying, "And if you try to stop us, we'll just blow up your fancy defense system." It's a complete statement of power and capability, obvious if you read it right...
Of course, I'm no expert...
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