Reentry Phase News Today

Its Highstakes Journey Back To Earth. Final goahead. So if all goes well, well see it land back on solid ground in New Mexico within the very hour. Ill be your pilot for live coverage here. Cnn has it all happens before us. Now remember, the capsule is coming back empty, uncrewed and nasa speak. And yes, remembering it correctly, this is the same capsule that wasnt supposed to be uncrewed. It was supposed to have two astronauts coming back home in it, Sonny Williams and butch wilmore. And they a...

Capability to intercept the missile is far less after the reentry phase than it is between launch and exiting the atmosphere. its not just a question of getting it early, youre capable of managbeing more accurate and can strike it after launch than when you wait for it to strike the target. >> colonel, if a missile is has already reentered the atmosphere on its way down, is the reason its so difficult to intercept were toyota be intercepted, were it carrying shotgun of a nuclear device or someth...

Then, you have the reentry phase. so the fact that it traveled as far as it did, as high as it did, is significant. the last missile they shot up hit 3500 kilometers, and that was a big launch. so from the standpoint of technical capability of this rocket, it was an improvement, and theyre showing steady improvements across the board in their missile systems. >> the speed with which north koreas nuclear capability seems to be increasing, what is that due to? >> this is what is surprising, the fa...

North korea is dirt poor. his military is not nearly as powerful as the south korean military or the u.s. he is struggling to hold this degenerate regime together and he sees nukes as his last resort, blackmail and threat. >> shannon: i get the same question when he does this about why we dont shoot them down. youve sent me notes on why it is not a good idea. >> you learn the most about their capabilities from the reentry phase. theirs tend to break apart and we find out how inaccurate they are....

Because they deterred north korea from going beyond their testing to actually taking the shot at south korea or the united states territory. you have the boost phase when the enemy missile goes up, we need things in the area in korea to shoot those down. we have the exo- atmospheric phase, like the test we just stayed where we shoot it down out in space, and then we have the reentry phase where we need the same kind of stuff that we have and south korea both in hawaii and to the continental unit...

North korea launched, which traveled 1700 miles into outer space, nearly seven times higher than the space station. the u.s. has other interceptors in alaska and california for a long-range missile threats. today a south korea lawmaker said his countrys intelligence service questions whether the recent north korean tests succeeded after all in achieving the crucial reentry phase. kim jong-un sat next to what he promoted for that ballistic missile launch as they watched a girl band concert. just ...

Because it comes just a week after north korea successfully test launched a ballistic missile that may be capable of hitting alaska. hi, jennifer. >> south korean intelligence is now questioning whether the north korean intercontinental ballistic missile test on july 4th was in fact a success, suggesting the north koreans may not have mastered the crucial reentry phase. that according to a south korean lawmaker who sits on the intel committee. the pentagon has not weighed in publicly. today i co...

Say earlier, this is one of my questions because think about what these girls have been through in the last 24 hours. they were in that house. they have been released. they went to the police. they talked to them a fair amount. went to a hospital. now theyre out. theyre home. theyre on their way home. boy thats a lot of change in a short period of time. >> it is and, you know, we have to think of this reentry phase very much like coming back from war, from being a prisoner of war. and so while e...

For it to travel up to 4,700 kilometers, thats higher than the space station is circling. that means it can get in upper atmosphere and come down wherever it wants. then, you have the reentry phase. so the fact that it traveled as far as it did, as high as it did, is significant. the last missile they shot up hit 3,500 kilometers, and that was a big launch. so from the standpoint of technical capability of this rocket, it was an improvement, and theyre showing steady improvements across the boar...