ballistic missile system, and the foreign ministry coming out and saying ballistic missiles and advanced weaponry like this is a national priority, and they will continue pushing forward before this last round of short range ballistic missiles. it was essentially a week ago today that north korea fired off a missile. the initial readings indicating it might be a threat to the united states. a ground stop was quickly lifted when they realized it was no longer a threat. clearly, north korea not letting up here even as the u.s. and south korea say look, they re open to diplomacy. oren liebermann at the pentagon, thank you. joining me now to discuss further is cnn diplomatic editor nic robertson, good to see you. let me start here with these sanctions, and what s happened since. are the sanctions in addition to those against north koreans, against russians and russian entities any more convincing, any more consequential now that you add this to this packet of