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Deliver them. >> whatever it takes to miniaturize it to the point where it could be placed on top of a missile. there is some degree of confidence, moderate confidence by the defense intelligence agency that that can be done by north korea. >> reporter: the revelation came as president obama publicly appealed to north korea to end its belligerent approach. >> and to try to lower temperatures. nobody wants to see a conflict on the korean peninsula. >> reporter: if true, the revelations give new w...

>> i am concerned. toric is getting stronger and i am worried about war. >> north korea fed coordinates in targets in missiles. they are reportedly shifting around and launched any time. >> nearby japan will shoot down any missile that threatens it. i think it is regrettable that north korea is taking acts. north koreans are barred from entering a business part. >> this situation in the industrial complex should be normalized through dilog. >> in pyongyang there were festivities. it marks one ye...

As you see signs of a north korean missile launch. theyve reportedly moved one missile upright into firing position and warns again today, quote, war can break out at any moment. theyre speculating that the north is getting ready to test a medium range missile and the security alert is one below the all-out war. and the area between north and south korea, a rare and upclose look at the tensions there. greg joins us live from seoul, greg? >> hey, megyn, more on that high opening trip in a moment,...

Its very dangerous. >> speaking of threats, north korea, again. pointing missiles. the new one is yesterday they warned the moment of explosion is approaching fast. they moved their missiles to the east coast, going to hit guam, going to hit japan. i never want to minimize any type of threat. but in the world we live in right now, in this post 9/11 world, to me, talk about empty. this is just one more -- its negotiating. when are we going to stop with the bull tips. nuclear threat, nuclear threa...

Missile that would go all the way out to hit some parts of the united states. what are they going to do about that? first of all, they want more radar support. they want a new base in japan here, to be tracking early on whats happening. they want to beef up missiles in alaska and california and of course they want steady monitoring from ships at sea, from airplanes overhead and from satellites, all watching to see if north korea is going to launch at some point our way. how would that work? if n...

Systems would send the coordinates of the flight back to these response missiles which would then fire and go up and try to hit it and take it out. ideally, they would like to hit it early on or in the middle and at a last resort, way over here. but they want numerous shots at it so they can stop it. thats really the goal. and they have to have numerous shots because this is all still fairly new technology and its not all entirely reliable. as i said, we dont know that the north koreans at this ...

System. tom foreman has more on the threat and how the defense system is supposed to work. tom? >> the pentagon is acknowledging that north korea is becoming more of a global threat because of the speed at which it is developing its missile program and its nuclear weapon program. how does the military want to respond to that? at the front line by going to the pacific ocean where the fear is that north korea on its best day might be able to launch a missile that would go all the way out to hit so...

The pacific ocean where the fear is that north korea on its best day might be able to launch a missile that would go all the way out and hit some parts of the united states. what are they going to do about that? first of all they want more radar support, they want a new base in japan to be tracking on early whats happening, they want to beef up missiles in alaska and california and of course they want steady monitoring from ships at sea, from airplanes overhead and from satellites, all watching ...

Well, if north korea launches a missile, all those early warning systems would send the coordinates of the flight back to these response missiles which would fire and go up and try to hit it and take it out. ideally, they would like to hit it early on or in the middle and at a last resort way over here, but what they want is numerous shots at it so they can stop it. they have to have numerous shots because this is all still fairly new technology and its not all entirely reliable. as i said, we d...

>> reporter: how far? >> 20, 30 feet. >> reporter: they say these are indestructible. we threw it. smashed it, kicked it and it just wouldnt break. its designed for reconnaissance. so we went upstairs and hid a camera, pretending it was a roadside bomb. first thing is pull out the pin like it was a grenade. then we launched it. just listen to this, the insect-like pitter patter, tracking down and transmitting the coordinates of our pretend bomb in just seconds. and on the battlefield where every...