launch a missile, and it went out over the pacific and over japan. what happens? >> well, tom, instantaneously what's going to occur, is the telemetry of that missile will be tracked, what the arc of the flight looks like and what the intended target would be. instantaneously, we would pick this up. by sea, by ground, by air and by space. it ipt great target system. the japanese even have a cruiser part of this integrated radar system. >> if it was not headed to a target, but went to the sea, a test of the missile, would there be any response? >> there would be no kinetic response at all. we would not fire back. if we knew it was going to land harmlessly, we would collect intelligence and scramble ships to go find the debris to continue to collect intelligence. >> let's look at another scenario. let's say north korea instead with a missile or perhaps