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Attention. that's what they want. they want attention. they've launched missiles before. they've launched missiles which have flown over japan before. i think what we're looking at, though, is if they launch a missile, what type of missile is it. almost to the day, a year ago, i was standing in the main parade ground in pyongyang watching a new type of missile being wheeled past. the massive military parade that went on a year ago to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birthday of kim il-sung, the founder of this dynasty that rules north korea. there's an argument whether the missiles were ...

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Was 2.5,000 kilometers. the u.s. pacific command says they tracked it for 37 minutes. that's how long it flew. put all that together. many experts in this rocket science field are trying to figure out whether or not that was an icbm. some say yes, it is the holding back and may be the lower level. certainly there is an expectation from as high up as the president of south korea that this could be what has happened today. we'll hear in half an hour from north korea itself what they claim its achieved. michael. >> we'll have that right here on cnn. now, let's go to you, this missile apparently l...

Time. and contact was lost between one hour and two hours afterwards. this is another problem. the information here is just so sketchy. authorities simply cannot give us proper details. that's one of the problems we are having. >> anything unusual about the two pilots? >> no. no the two pilots, the pilot had more than 18,000 flying hours. his co-pilot had 2.5000 flying miles. american airlines pilot he knows these guys. these were straight up guys, very experienced, very capable. so far nothing wrong with the pilots. >> has malaysia airlines or the government given any explanation for not chec...

Time. and contact was lost between one hour and two hours afterwards. this is another problem. the information here is just so sketchy. authorities simply cannot give us proper details. that's one of the problems we are having. >> anything unusual about the two pilots? >> no. no the two pilots, the pilot had more than 18,000 flying hours. his co-pilot had 2.5000 flying miles. american airlines pilot he knows these guys. these were straight up guys, very experienced, very capable. so far nothing wrong with the pilots. >> has malaysia airlines or the government given any explanation for not chec...