Maybe Kim Jong-il was really just trying to sink the Japanese coast guard boat off of the Dokdo islets:

The North¿s short- and mid-range missile launches continued for nearly four hours starting at 3:32 a.m. According to government officials, all dropped into the sea on the near side of the Japanese archipelago.

In the midst of all this, the South Korean research vessel Haeyang 2000 pushed on into waters surrounding Dokdo, where it was met by a warning radio call from a Japanese patrol boat to stop. The Haeyang responded it was conducting an oceanic survey of Korean territorial waters and warned the Japanese boat not to interfere. The Japanese did not attempt to seize the vessel as it was escorted by a Korean Coast Guard ship.

This is why the US military has to maintain a strong presence in Northeast Asia because you have a brutal dictator shooting missiles all over the place and the two countries that should be putting up a united front against Kim Jong-il are busy fighting with each other over two stupid rocks.

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