Ok, But Why Is North Korea Firing Missiles And Why Is It A Big Deal?

[North Korea](//www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/north-korea/) reportedly fired two ballistic missiles from its east coast according to reports from South Korea and Japan, meaning it has breached UN resolutions. The short-range missiles flew 500 miles away from the launch site in central North Korea, at a maximum altitude of 60km, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff claim. Although the weapons travelled towards Japan, the US Indo-Pacific Command claim the missiles did not pose an immediate threat to US personnel, territory or allies. Yet, experts believe the use of such missiles demonstrated the "destabilising impact" of the country's "illicit weapons programme". The country also fired…