and in japan and in south korea, they know for sure that they are already well within the range of weapons that we know north korea already possesses. this month the japanese central government has been holding meetings with local governments around japan, advising them what they should do if their region is hit by a north korean missile. it's unprecedented, that's something japan has never done before in its post-war history. yesterday, north korea staged its largest-ever live-fire exercises off its eastern coast. those are all artillery pieces we just saw there. south korean news reports said the exercises involved 300 to 400 artillery pieces. you see them shooting there, those artillery rounds, into the sea. the u.s. and south korean navys have also been conducting their own military exercises. yesterday off south korea's western coast. yesterday the "uss michigan," a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in south korea. the "uss carl vinson" aircraft