[georgew0819]

I wonder how much of the increased activity has to due with North Korea's threat to fire a missle at Hawaii over the July 4th weekend.

News Wire Quote
"The United States has deployed anti-missile defences around Hawaii amid claims that North Korea may fire its most advanced ballistic missile toward the region on Independence Day.

The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles, would be launched from the Dongchang-ni site on July 4 from the north-western coast of the country. North Korea test-fired a similar long-range missile on July 4 three years ago, but it failed seconds after liftoff.

This is North Korea's Taepodong-2 missile which has a range of 4,000 miles. Intelligence analysts do not believe it would be capable of hitting Hawaii which is 4,500 miles away.

U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said the additional defences around Hawaii consist of a ground-based mobile missile system and a radar system nearby. And he said that ground-based defenses in Alaska were also at the ready."

Add to the mix a US Warship following a N.K. Freighter amid threats from N.K. of retailation and possible use of nukes if the US interfers in any way and I would think there will be alot more message traffic in the week or so.