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Endeavor by north korea so that no other country will try explosive testing towards the buildup of nuclear weapon. >> coming to you from vienna austria, lassina from the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>. a north korean nuclear test has the u.s. reviewing its military operations. a battery of interceptor missile stands ready should a hostile power try to attack the u.s. we traveled to alaska for a look at americas last line of defense. >> r...

So how does thaad work? first, if tuses radar to detect incoming missiles. then an interceptor missile from a launcher to destroy the mid coming threat mid air. last month the u.s. said it tested thaad and shot down a target over alaska. the system has been in place several years in the u.s. states of hawaii and guam and both of which north korea has threatened. u.s. official say a north korean missile would take 14 minutes to reach guam with thousands of u.s. military personnel and assets are b...

Guided missile destroyer, successfully launched a interceptor missile which intercepted the target fired from a base near kawai. it was designed to send a message to north korea. a day after it fired a ballistic missile over japan. defense secretary jim mattis hosted his south korean counterpart at the pentagon. >> we are never out of diplomatic solutions. >> that was not a message from the white house today. president trump tweeted "the u.s. has been talking to north korea and paying them extor...

The uss john paul jones, a guided missile destroyer, successfully launched a interceptor missile which intercepted the target fired from a base near kawai. it was designed to send a message to north korea. a day after it fired a ballistic missile over japan. defense secretary jim mattis hosted his south korean counterpart at the pentagon. >> we are never out of diplomatic solutions. >> that was not a message from the white house today. president trump tweeted "the u.s. has been talking to north ...

Of the year. thats a finite number. its a limited number. stephanie? >> even just one, you and i discussed, this is like a bullet hitting a bullet. >> yeah. >> hard to do. yesterday was a success. but does it mean that the u.s. is fully protected? no way. >> no. i think thats a good way to put it. to give you a sense of how precise they are, i figuring out what happened, they want to figure out the point of impact down to the centimeter. this collided outside of the earths atmosphere, the kill v...

That, the two met in space, hundreds of miles above the pacific ocean. what happens then is that a small part of the interceptor missile effectively a precision guided five foot chunk of metal breaks off, slammed into the icbm according to the missile defense agency and completely obliterated it. so that was the process that was happening. it was spectacular to see the launch here at vandenberg. everybody at the pentagon mightedly relieved that it was a success, jenna. >> jenna: amazing to see, ...

From the interceptor missile and hits the icbm, destroying it completely hundreds of miles up in space. clearly, not an easy task. admiral james searing who is director of the missile defense agency, very pleased and very relieved last night, saying in a statement, this system is important to the defense of our homeland and this test demonstrates that we have a capable, credible deterrent against a very real threat. im incredibly proud of the war fighters who executed this test and who operate t...

Rising tensions with north korea prompting an american military response. the pentagons missile defense agency successfully shooting down a mock intercontinental ballistic missile similar to one north korea is believed to be developing. our chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live at vandenberg air force base. talk us through what we saw. >> reporter: sure. it all happened within a matter of minutes, jenna. the first action was on the marshal island in the pacific. that is the location from whi...

What surprised me about running a company is really just the amount that you need to learn across so many disciplines. really as a ceo you need to make sure that every single part of the condition is being well taken care of. >> now to some breaking news, that the pentagon is launching a test designed to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile. lets go to barbara starr live at the pentagon with more. barbara, what specifically is this in preparation for? >> reporter: brooke, this test is...

Pentagon. the u.s. military just conducted its first are test of a new interceptor missile. what is it successful? the answer to that crucial question next. then a top senate republican wants to investigate a company with ties to the kushner family business. thats coming up in our conflict of interest watch. stay with us. got it. rumor confirmed. theyre playing. -what? -we gotta go. -where? -san francisco. -when? -friday. we gotta go. [ tires screech ] any airline. any hotel. any time. go where ...