for them to be doing this kind of test? >> they normally don't test in the fourth quarter of the year. of the 85 tests they have done since 2011, only five have been in the last quarter. people think that this has to do with weather conditions. sometimes the troops move from military duty to harvesting for whatever reason we don't test this year and the pause that we've seen, the 74 days since the last missile test partly is explained by the time of year it might not have been a gesture. the u.s. said that if south -- if north korea stopped testing for 60 days, that would be seen as a positive sign to open up negotiations. they did stop testing but we didn't make any move to open negotiations. >> what about the quality of this test today? do you agree with these assessments that we've seen today, this is potentially the longest-range missile test? >> there is little doubt about