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That they are going to have to master. all three of them are very difficult. one is the boost phase, getting it up there. two is the actual being in orbit. and the third is sort of coming down. and were going to have to see how these things go. we should know from what we see. i guess from what i heard in the earlier segment the trajectory seems to be one that was a satellite if thats what i heard correctly. they are going to be able to learn a lot for a weapons technology as well. >> shepard: i...

moment? >> well, i think it was pretty clear from the information we were getting in the days before this that they had fully fueled the rocket and that the launch pad was ready. i guess it was just a matter of finding the right weather conditions under which to launch this rocket. very clearly, they had the right launch conditions today. politically, they were able to elevate this young fellow to the highest position within the party the day before yesterday, so politically the stage ...

Tu altitude that we set up in south korea. usually when they are coming back down. not a debate, but there is an effort inside the pentagon on how to knock out potential missiles from north korea in their boost phase going up in the air when boosters are firing. the challenge with that is you dont have a lot of time. you have two, three minutes depending where youll knock it out. and so that might prevent less of a threat to the u.s. but its very difficult to do. thats where we are on ballistic ...

I want you to hear what he told wolf blitzer on "the situation room" tonight. >> i dont want a war, he doesnt want a war, but were not going to let this crazy man in north korea have the capability to hit the homeland. were not going to live this way. to our friends in china, were not going to live this way. you need to help us. if you dont help us, well take care of it. us taking care of it means the wars in your backyard, not ours. >> taking hundreds of thousands of lives on the korean peninsu...