If so it seems Kim is going after our ability to respond to a first strike (submarines) which means he is seriously considering a nuclear war that he can survive and emerge victorious/survive.
Most likely the Chinese are using them to ascertain this knowledge - one of these NK missiles needs to malfunction and change trajectory and head toward Beijing.
Well Imo Fat Boy would love nothing better than to see China/Russia go up against the US.....that’s what he ‘expects’ to see and why Trump has been working deals and negotiations with them both.
I’m concerned that these missile launches may very well be a play by China and Russia to keep the US distracted from the otherwise power moves they are successfully carrying out economincaly and otherwise that challenges the US standing power on the world stage.
Russia and China both want intergration of the Eur-asian Union into the fabric of their coutnries and cultures ‘economic engines’....thus the ‘Road and Belt Initative’ (Silk Road) does just that.....but Taiwan is seen as “occupied” by the US since 1949....and to China a threat to the stability and defense of their coastal area. They are not happy we’re there....and in Japan.
Trump time and again stated the US was loosing it’s economic power to China.....he is right....couple this with China’s relationship to Russia is like the Unites States to Europe...they are playing a technology and trade war. Often in doing business with the Chinese ‘they want our technology as trade’ and part of doing business for companies who want to be there.