North Korea Fires Seven Missiles

July fourth is the day in which the United States celebrates it independence, and it is also the day that North Korea decides to launch several short range missiles towards the sea of Japan. In less then seven hours North Korea had fired seven missiles. These missiles where said to be scud-type which only travel as far as 310 miles, and South Korea has confirmed that they believe that North Korea has more then 700 of these scuds.

The recent firings come amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea conducted a nuclear test in May, fired test rockets and threatened U.S. and South Korean ships near its territorial waters."The United States is aware of possible missile launches by North Korea. We are closely monitoring North Korea's activities and intentions," a U.S. official said. This isn't the first time that North Korea and Kim Jong has decided to put on their own firework show on the USA independence day. On July 4 2006, he test fired — unsuccessfully, it turned out — a long-range, multi-stage ballistic missile.

Is North Korea trying to send a message or are they just doing a military exercise that just so happened on 4th of July. To be honest no one really knows when it comes to North Korea, what we do know is that the United States and all its allies are taking note of what North Korea is doing and watching every move they make. One of the U.S. officials said "people are watching it, the military is watching it here, but I don't think it's related to any plans or operations to attack anyone." I hope that this official is right and we don't over look what is going on during the Independence day of the United states.