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But these missiles are such that they really shouldnt be used for civilian targets like this because you dont need to evade the kinds of defense evasion tactics that they have, you dont need to use those for hyper sonic missiles. the hyper sonics can evade air defenses. they, of course, travel at more than five times the speed of sound. so they are very critical from an offensive missile capability. but theyre also very much designed to go after like i mentioned, military targets. they are not d...

The direct threat that north korea represents to the united states both hawaii and west coast but the east coast. their ability to pursue icbm technology and neutral weapons state reaching hypersonic technology means they might be able to overcome our missile defense system. there would be no nuclear weapon state of north korea or their missile capability if not for china. an issue the administration needs to address with china and north korea. this represents a direct threat to the united state...

Actually landed planes. all nights were taken down for at least 15 minutes. >> like i said its an understandable precaution because the fact is that north korea continues to work on intercontinental ballistic missiles. they are improving their missile capability. we know they have nuclear weapons. they represent a threat. and once one of those missiles takes off its not always clear just exactly what direction that missile is going to take. and its for that reason that the kind of precautions th...

Brought in to the black sea and then, into the sea of azov, the landing ships, they have the ability to bring russian marines, and russian military to shore their, but they also have missile capability. those are amongst some of the russian militarys most precise capabilities, for targeting from afar. >> this is an interesting point, because weve had discussions about the ukrainian military, how fierce they are, and how enthusiastic they are. this is almost like a symmetric warfare, right? when ...

Now. i also think that what ukraine needs most, not to inflict and pinion on russians, has to take what they can, and take out russian aircraft, if it has the missile capability, and is a capability that is in the surrounding shore. so, we need -- [inaudible] with a civilian aircraft from poland. but i do think that the administration could reject a no-fly zone, because it would be too likely to cause more between the united states, and russia. >> intelligence, chairman adam schiff, thank you fo...

Missile test given the distance and altitude that the north koreans achieved. your concerns about the threat, that kind of missile capability, that they successfully achieved poses and can you tell us anything about your latest assessment about potential activity at their underground nuclear test site. >> im not going to talk about intelligence assessments, barbara. i think you know that. and were still, as i said, analyzing this last test. im not going to get ahead of that process. weve been ve...

0 we hand-off to martha. >> john: did you say something? >> sandra: were looking live at the pentagon where were expecting an update on what the u.s. military will say as their react to vladimir putin and his next move. >> john: russia saying theyre backing off and u.s. officials say dont believe it for a second. good to be with you, sandra. >> sandra: you too. im sandra smith. >> john: and im john roberts. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: thanks. im martha maccallum at fox n...

0 official, i asked him if president putin is directing this himself. and he said yes, that is how it is going. that is not surprising. we know that president putin makes all of the decisions. in the end, he will have had advice from that small clique around him, that ultimately he is the decision-maker. and another element of his televised address, which to reiterate, if russians will be stunned by. waking up and seeing now, another man from that televised address, which is chilling frankly. is...

His country to everyone including china and following his high-rprofile summits with donald trump. kim tested shorter range ballistic missiles this year, the missile test, slimmed down look could be a calculations from kim to steer president bidens attention his way. >> we have to think about the atmosphere now where were consumed by the pandemic. the united states is also involved in the pullout of afghanistan. north korea knows that the united states cant give it the due attention it wants. th...

Thats right, all is quiet on the north korean front so far, y scare with the u.s. military god, according to reports, the u.s. was in fact so concerned, as you noted, they were worried about the so-called christmas gift from north korea, they put up surveillance planes as well as drones over and around the korean peninsula, around christmas time, and there are forces that they put up some today as well. there has in fact been north korean activity recently in the last couple of weeks. we have se...