With tenstions high between North Korea has reported test fired 4 short range missiles today. Yahoo News reports, "[t]he launches came as North Korea's relations with the United States, South Korea and other countries were already severely strained after its May 25 underground nuclear test and a series of missile firings. The U.N. Security Council adopted a tough sanctions resolution last month to punish the communist regime." The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Last month, Japanese media reported that Pyongyang might shoot a long-range ICBM in the direction of Hawaii around the July 4 holiday. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ordered the deployment in the region of US antimissile interceptors and a sea-based tracking radar. President Obama thought the situation serious enough to address in an interview broadcast on June 22. 'Our military is fully prepared for any contingencies' regarding North Korea, Mr. Obama said. But despite Thursday's ripple of short-range test shots, there is little physical evidence North Korea is readying another long-range test, at least in the foreseeable future."

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