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Remember last years was just part of an airfield. that just as a launch capability for chemical weapons. now we have a research and development facility and two other storage facilities, one of which included a command post. so theyre really focusing on the chemical weapons themselves. automatic when you look at research and development, that is only one of those locations. although you heard officials tonight saying that could account for maybe years of research and data. they felt like it woul...

It? >> well, i think theyre always very careful about trying to read too much into anything kim jong-un says because the most predictable thing about him is his unpredictability, isnt it? he says these things and nobodys really quite sure what he means. i think that nuclear button comment is really fascinating, because he travels around the country, so wherever that button may be on whatever desk its on, it would indicate that maybe hes not always with it, in the same exact location. now, of cou...

California. we shoot missiles down in a terminal phase. that are about to hit the ground. but that is just part of the military option. what we have to do to stop north korea is take down all the launch capability, the nuclear sites as well underground sites. we have to penetrate and destroy the sites. we would have to take out as much as the artillery and rockets as we can. this is what war looks like. it is horrific. >> martha: how likely do you think that is of happening? >> i think the presi...

By inserting that fuel booster and dont have to take the time to fuel it up like you would at a gas station where you are fuelling it with liquid fuel. that seems to give american intelligence and other agencies the opportunity to observe these missiles on the launch pad. the north koreans have been trying to perfect that quick launch capability. they have been trying many different things and trying submarine launch activity. they have been launching from their bases. they would be able to put ...

The north koreans basically put up science experiments and they look to see what went wrong and they learn as much from their failures as they do from their success. and a couple of things they hav been trying to perfect. they have been trying to perfect a quick launch capability by having a missile on the back of a road mobile vehicle, not just one that could drive around on a highway but also on an offroad. they have tires and tracks that allow them to drive through forests and rough terrain. ...

The number -- the inefficiencies with manpower. the bottom line is it provides a new opportunity for the summer technology we have now and possibly in the future can provide national defense. leland: we were looking at testing of the elect a magnetic catapult, shooting sleds off of the front of the carrier. next week already, she will be at the end you will start trying to land aircraft and take off as you would at war. what will you do before the first deployment >> we are entering a shakedown ...

Launch capability that can be hidden in caves otherwise well knock it out as they fuel it. theyre a long way -- i say long way. three or four years from achieving that, greta. >> we have the artillery, which is the problem minutes away potentially. >> we do. >> the president has said if the occasion were approiate that he would meet with kim jong-un. and he under lines if it were appropriate, which is important distinction, i think. how does the military respond to that? >> badly. this is like g...

Or at a submarine state. this cold cannister solid fuel missile technology allows them to launch quickly because they do not have to fuel a missile with liquid propellent which takes time and allows satellite to view a missile launch. this quick launch capability is something that the north koreans have been working on and it also is in the same vein as the road mobile capability to put a missile on the back of an 18-wheeler so they can drive it around and it cant be spotted by spy satellites. i...

Rusoni. he said his country will not wait for anybodys permission to buy or sell weapons. that is coming as the iran military revealed a short range missile. it has a quicker launch capability and longer range than the current model. this one day after a top military commander said iran is planning to hold ballistic missile war games. scary stuff both of those u.n. sanctions will expire as part of the deal. and a nation preparing to reopen the bass bsz in teheran. iran british embassy in teher...

Iran president has unveiled upgraded version of short range surface to surface ballistic missile. they say it was test fired a few weeks ago and has quicker launch capability than the pred sessor. thaw are providing directsy analysis tans to this months twin earthquakes. russia is again today cautioning the west against military intervention in syri syria. the home grown terror appears to cross borders. steve harrigan is near the syrian boarder with turkey. >> the battle between syrian governm...