North Korea’s mo is never start a War with the U.S. this saber rattling is too put increase maxim pressure on the Moon/Trump Administrations in getting sanctions relief I also think they’re testing these missiles for the Iranians in an attempt to give to them on the black market as well as increase their short range/medium range missile accuracy in an event they should decide too put warheads on them.
Testing, no doubt. If they are taken to the woodshed over it, they will ramp it up even more. If they are ignored, they will ramp it up even more. If they are granted their wishes (food aid, etc), they will ramp it up even more. WHATEVER you do with these guys, they will ramp it up and cause even more tension and danger. It is a potent argument that they cannot be reasoned with and that “regime change” still has a place and should never be abandoned as an option—as problematic as even that would be.