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>> the north koreans are i think in the process of giving nuclear weapons to their missile units and thats what they are practicing. >> the test comes is more than 3,000 u.s. troops arrived in south korea for an annual joint war game. the administrations response was muted amidst a report from "the new york times" that the obama administration engaged in cyber efforts to stall north koreas missile program. "the united states strongly condemns the dpr case will stick missile launches which violat...

Pyongyang as evidence of preparation for an invasion. kim jong-un has said he is protecting and defending his missile and his nuclear program because of what he sees as the u.s.s hostile policy toward his country country. if the past is a precedent we can remind viewers north korea took similar actions just a year ago when these exercises kicked off also launching missiles at that time. >> was what does this launch tell us about north koreas missile program. >> reporter: you do learn a lib more ...

Terms of the policy options that we are or even the chinese might have. and especially the chinese can slow them down, can make it more costly and more isolated it mord more isolated. i think they are determined. sooner or later, they are going to get it across the line. >> extraordinary detail and clearly an enormous amount of work in your report yesterday, but it raises the question, i think, among a lot of people, after so many years and so many billions spent here within our intelligence com...

North korean underground nuclear test site, where north korea has several times tested a nuclear device underground. theyre seeing signs of activity under the surface. theyre not sure what it means but theyre telling me its similar to what theyve seen in the past right before a test. you can bet u.s. satellites have their eyes trained on that underground nuclear test site. separately from that, theyre also seeing signs of continued activity at other missile sites above ground, things like engine...

The american program to try to go after the north korean missiles was the discovery by president obama or the conclusion that he reached that the traditional missile defenses that we have talked about before, those big bases in alaska and california, work about 44% of the time under ideal conditions. and if the north koreans shoot off an international continental ballistic missile or several headed toward us, you wont have ideal conditions. the president secretly ordered that the united states t...

It may have reached land, at least one of these missiles. thats raising a concern. >> reporter: its raising a lot of concerns. good morning, chris. top worry here at the pentagon this morning is what north korea may have planned next for its missile program. u.s. officials are saying they do see as they expect, additional signs of testing, of components that additional missile launches could happen as always. u.s. intelligence keeping a close satellite eye on the underground site where north kor...

Im jake tapper. a terrifying sign that north koreas missile program may be growing. hours ago kim jong un regime fired a new round of ballistic missiles, three landing close to the clowes oast of japan. the missile test came less than a month after north korea tested what appears to be a newly developed and more advanced and harder to detect missile. paula hancocks joins us from seoul. theyre ramping up the frequency of these missile launches. >> reporter: thats right, jake. we know the prelimin...

Launch area. they see activity there, missile enagain testing, preparations indicating more missile launches. kim jong-un very much committed to his missile program, to his nuclear program, tonight no sign hes backing off, no sign hes giving up. wolf. >> those joint kper sizes the u.s./south korea joint exercises, those are continuing, right. >> reporter: those are continuing. theres a theory out there in the intelligence community that all of this activity from north korea is their typical resp...

Back even ten years ago when missiles have flown over japan and, you know, essentially putting within striking range millions of people here in tokyo, more than 50,000 u.s. troops are stationed here in japan and so here in tokyo, the prime minister was speaking with lawmakers and he said that they believe this is a new level of danger from north korea because even though there have been missiles launched before, what weve seen over the last few years has been very rapid progress in this missile ...

It certainly appears that north koreas missile program is becoming more sophisticated they need less downtime between the launches. we have had 20 missile launches in the last year. that part is significant to the international audience. what is also significant is the fact we have now seen two tests, one why they launched three mifs, this most recent are they launched four mifs. some are saying this is a possible sign that they are preparing how they could invade thad, the missile defense syste...