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Acquisition and a new political appointee, assistant secretary of defense. >> we are in complete alignment with the presidents concern about protecting our assets. >> reporter: at a rally in ohio donald trump hinted at more aggressive action in orbit. >> im talking tremendous defense capability, often to capability. >> reporter: the move to militarize spaces raised concerns about the terrestrial arms race but experts agree the us already confronts strategic threats. >> the fact is russia and chi...

Heart of st. petersburg. vladimir putin inspecting the vessels from his own presidential boat. then touting the advances of the countrys naval forces. >> translator: the russian fleet successfully resolves the tasks of the countrys defense capability, makes a significant contribution to the fight against international terrorism, and plays an important role in ensuring strategic parity. >> reporter: strategic parity means parity with the u.s. and its nato allies. russia showcasing a submarine nic...

Sanctions on russia, making sure iran is not going to get our dollars to buy weapons from russia. is that cozying up? i dont think so. >> laura: this is what president obama and president bush both said about the need for each member nation to pay his fair share. lets listen. >> the majority of allies are still not hitting that 2% mark. everybody has got to step up and everybodys got to do better. >> building a strong nato alliance requires strong european defense capability. so at the summit, i...

Arguments. >> the irony is that germany is increasingly aware it needs to stand on its own two feet in between a.d. increasingly friendly america under trump and russia. if they dont have the capability, they lack any serious measure of hard power to defend themselves, so i think a profound irony here is that is very much in germanys own self interests to build up its defense capability. internally the politics just keep getting the way every time. >> trump could offer to move the base to poland...

Terms of russian air defense. most of those are located here. those two sea ports here in the mediterranean. this is the distance the russians can reach with their capabilities that are indicated here. this is a mobile capemeability t they have. it is important to realize this mobility allows them to move that circular defense capability throughout the map. >> i want to tell you syrian state media is reporting they have engaged u.s. french and british targets. thats according to the syrian regim...

Understand why the u.s. and the world feel threatened. >> translator: why is the trump administration constantly imposing sanctions and stuff when we are doing these missile launches and all for our own defense capability? were defending ourselves. >> is there any criticism, anything youd like to see your leader or government do differently? >> translator: nothing at all. im so satisfied. >> keep in mind during all my trips, ive never heard anyone criticize the authoritarian government. north ko...

>> it gives me great pride. >> so did this massive military drill along the beach, personally supervised by kim jong-un. many north koreans dont even understand why the u.s. and the world feel threatened. >> translator: why is the trump administration constantly imposing sanctions and stuff when we are doing these missile launches and all for our own defense capability? were defending ourselves. >> is there any criticism, anything youd like to see your leader or government do differently? >> tra...

Right now, what you are going to end up with is likely a nuclear south korea, a nuclear japan, and therefore, a concerned china that increases their nuclear capability and their defense capability. but it gets better. i gets better because then, iran sees her north korea "got away with it" and what you end up with is a potential of nuclear weapons in and around the golf, as well. if that happens, you are going to end up losing control of that material and that is a very complicated problem. we h...

To right now, what you are going to end up with is likely a nuclear south korea, a nuclear japan, and therefore, a concerned china that increases their nuclear capability and their defense capability. but it gets better. i gets better because then, iran sees that north korea "got away with it" and what you end up with is a potential of nuclear weapons in and around the gulf, as well. if that happens, you are going to end up losing control of that material and that is a very complicated problem. ...

Wonsan his whole life. >> as a north korean when you see these missiles in the sky, what message does that send to you? >> it gives me great pride. >> so did this massive military drill along the beach, personally supervised by kim jong-un. many north koreans dont even understand why the u.s. and the world feel threatened. >> translator: why is the trump administration constantly imposing sanctions and stuff when we are doing these missile launches and all for our own defense capability? were de...