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Between the white house and south korea to destroy that alliance. >> kim jong un, we've got to remember the core goal of his regime is to -- the destruction of the south korean state. i'm concerned that when he becomes confident in his arsenal, he's going to blackmail the united states to break our mutual defense treaty with south korea and get our 28,500 servicemen and women off the peninsula so he can then take over south korea. >> ahead of the tests, north korea released photos of kim jong un inspecting when he claimed to be a thermonuclear weapon small enough to fit on an intercontinental ...

This as south korea continues its live fire military exercises along with some other information. it announced tuesday that it will be building up the pay load that it puts in its missiles. president trump said he is going to be sending. united states will be allowed to send more sophisticated military here to this country again. all of this following that nuclear test over the weekend by the regime of kim jong-un. married to a ballistic missile as one analyst put it, to me it could be an american killer. all of this prompting a lot of nervous folks here. japan reportedly looking at how it cou...

Involved but bringing tactical nuclear weapons to the region, to the korean peninsula, a signal that we're not going to tolerate that? others say that is provocative. you can make a case with the provocative action that north korea is doing. how would that be received? >> the south koreans would love it. it would show a commitment to seoul's defense. i don't think it's a good idea. the reason is, we have 28,500 service personnel on the peninsula. you put tactical nukes there, the north koreans might be able to get them in a general invasion. we have to devote more of our people to guarding nuk...

Balance. you can have an aggressive proxy in north korea, but you don't want that aggressive actor to go too far and risk a massive escalation which could lead to the north korean collapse, it could lead to a catastrophic loss of life in south korea, could lead to a catastrophic loss of life of american troops and civilians who are in south korea as well. because in addition to those 28,500 troops, there are tens of thousands more civilians and family members, american civilians and family members, on the peninsula as well. it is an incredibly delicate balance where the u.s. and chinese strate...

He once threatened to do. the i'm parade he's going to use it to blackmail the u.s., get our 28,500 service personnel off the peninsula so he can then absorb south korea. that's what the possibility of m mis-ccalculation gets dangerous. >> how should the u.s. respond to this test? . >> think this we need to impose the sanctioning we have not been willing to put in place. we need to go not only against china but also the other sources of funds for the north koreans and stop north korea's trade of missiles to iran which is extremely dangerous and irresponsible. >> all right. gordon chang. thank ...