intercom ballistic missile. hans nichols, what message is north korea trying to send, and is it a message that is effective? well, i don t know about the effectiveness part of that, katy. i think the messagehey re trying to send is they have ambitions, they have goals and they would like the capability to be able to shoot a missile from the korean peninsula that could land on the west coast or the rest of the united states. we haven t gotten a full assessment, and frankly, there isn t a consensus of what was in those tubes. what capability do the north koreans currently have. the jena assessmegeneral assess haven t figured out reentry. one other note on this, every time north korea launches a missile, if it s a scud or