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Base south of seoul. >> that means that the bulk of u.s. military forces in korea are not going to necessarily be in range of the artillery strikes at the beginning. >> reporter: farther out in the western pacific, the navy deployed the uss decatur and uss mccain, armed with a sophisticated radar system to detect north korean missiles, and then launch rockets to intersent and destroy them. the first reinforcements could come from one of the many american bases in japan, home to the navys 7th fle...

Some of north koreas massive artillery can fire up to four mortar rounds a minute. 25 miles away. >> the u.s. forces that are near the front are probably doing to be within range of the artillery. >> reporter: about 10,000 american troops are deployed to paces around camp casey, just 15 miles from the dmz. others are concentrated at osan air base. they flew long-range bombers like the b-2. but the risk to those deployed closer will change. the u.s. will move them to another base south of seoul. ...

All of north koreas heavy armor and artillery aimed right at them. 25 miles, its the magic number as far as american troops are concerned. some of north koreas massive artillery can fire up to four mortar rounds a minute, 25 miles away. >> u.s. forces that are near the front are probably going to be within range of the artillery. >> reporter: about 10,000 american troops are deployed to bases around camp casey, just 15 miles from the dmz. others are concentrated at olsaun air base. the u.s. rece...

Misrata. >> sir, let me just ask you, how are you existing day to day? are you simply staying home, doors closed, praying for your safety? >> pardon hardly, hardly. the situation is terribly hard for the families in misrata. water is very, very scarce. having no electricity has impacted the food situation. and it is really a very, very desperate situation now. the international strikes have not -- were felt in misrata and first night of attacks they destroyed a base south of misrata and really w...