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Korean airplanes, actually assassinated a good part of the parliament in myanmar. they have what we call a class 1 terrorist capcapability. that is a terror group with assets. they have literally assets to raid. they use helicopters they acquired from the united states to insert agents in that country. before they go on to big steps of warfare, lobbing artillery in south korea, they can do 20 small steps of terrorism and low grade special operations which could ratchet this thing right up to the...

New president to tell him something about the north korean character, what youve come to know about the people were dealing with here, what would it be? >> it depends on one man, the current president, kim, and hes irrational, erratic. he had his half brother assassinated. he is ruthless, doesnt care about his people and he will respond erratically to any kind of threat so it is a very dangerous situation. i think what the president is doing is recognizing that his campaign rhetoric doesnt fit r...

February we saw four instances of suggesting instability, including assassinating his elder half brother. but more important, the demotion and the detention of the minister of state security, and the execution of five the ministers senior subordinates. there is all sorts of trouble in this regime. i think that kim may feel he has less to lose these days. when you have an american president who appears to have a low threshold for the use of force you have a real issue because there you have two l...

The killing of five of his sub ordinance. all sorts of things indicating problems with the top of the north korean military. this means that this guy has a low threshold of risk, a different risk calculus than he should have. >> eric: a twitchy trigger finger so to speak. what are our military options, colonel? >> theyre limited. on the 137 wide demill tarized zone, the pieces in north korea, pointing 30 miles south of them, to a 10 million populated city, seoul, korea. every war game weve done,...

Nuclear detonation, that would be something highly atmosphere, not aimed at any particular country. but i think when you look at the different moves right now, there is something to be said about focusing on his sixth nuclear test because it does lower the threshold in terms of a type of military response. if you imagine a long-range ballistic missile, because of the united states, japan and south korea, there could be a possibility to attempt to intercept. but by doing a nuclear test, youre goi...

Difficult target. >> eric: gordon, do you think this had any effect on the mentality of kim jong un? >> absolutely. we used it on an underground network of facilities. no country has more military facilities than north korea. his father spent six weeks in the bunker during the 2003 iraq war, he was afraid of george w. bush. i think kim jong un will stay out of public. he understands that trump has a low threshold for the use of force and is willing to actually exert american power for good. >> e...

Reaction as gordon chan, former policy analyst and author of nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world. and from brunswick maine, fox news military analyst colonel david hunt who is author of the novel without mercy. how worried should we be and take us inside the mentality of kim jong-un? >> within about four years, north korea will be able to make a nuke. theyve already got three missiles that can hit the lower 48 states, they just cant put a nuke on them. but a kit they can put a nuke ...

Stuff in these mountains. very difficult target. >> eric: what do you say cannot do things at any effect on the mentality of kim jong-un? >> uses on an underground network of facilities. no country has more military facilities underground the north korea. his father spent six weeks in a bunker during the 2003 iraq war because he was so afraid of george w. bush. i think kim jong-un is going to try to stay out of public for a little while because he understands that he has a low threshold for the ...

Of state security, one of the most important officials. there was a killing of five of his subordinates, ulcers of things indicating problems of the top of the north korean military. this means that this guy has a low threshold of risk, a very different risk calculus than we think you should have. >> eric: hes got a twitchy trigger finger so to speak. what are military options? >> there actually very limited. in the demilitarized zone, 15 artillery pieces and north korea all pointing 30 miles so...

Using this particular weapon? >> nos no threshold for using it. it is a conventional munition. but you have to ensure when you drop it somewhere, john, that there is no potential for collateral damage. when you drop this thing, it is going to destroy everything in the -- what they call the circular area of probability. the place where you drop it and the radius around that place you drop it, youve got to make sure you dont have any kind of friendly collateral damage or any kind of civilian casua...