North Korea Test Fires Missiles - Jumping the Gun?

According to reports from South Korean officials, the DPRK has launched three short range missiles. The surface-to-ship missiles, fired from the port of Wonsan come despite the latest round of United Nations sanctions and amid fears that North Korea is planning to launch another long-range ballistic missile. This comes despite widespread speculation that Kim Jong-Il had scheduled his missile tests to coincide with the U.S. firing thousands of rockets (aka fireworks) to celebrate the Fourth of July. But who knows, perhaps, like all good shows, there’s a grand finale in the works.