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Retired u.s. navy admiral, former commander of the atlantic fleet. he joins us. this is a tensions situation. >> they have developed missile delivery system. and test of an icbm. it had a high trajectory. the apex was 1600 miles or so and they probably did that on purpose so as not to violate airspace of japan. >> bret: as far as the timeline of being able to be effective in the other component, miniaturizing a nuclear bomb on the missile. do we have a timeline. >> i would say it's short, if not immediate. my take is they tested five nuclear devices successfully.

Executive editor of defense one. good to have you with us. give us a sense, we know this is part of a top secret project but what exactly was the plan for this balloon? what was it doing? >> so this is year one of a three-year plan for this balloon to basically just be a high-flying radar. it's supposed to give coverage from an area all the way up from boston down to norfolk, virginia, the headquarters of the atlantic fleet, to protect against incoming cruise missiles and drones. cruise missiles are fast, low-flying, probably coming from russian aircraft. >> so that's what it's supposed to do....

Shipbuilding is across the street. we're very sensitive, research is done. we have bridges and tunnels across hampton roads. the atlantic fleet is across hampton roads and norfolk. the shipyards builds nuclear aircraft carriers and most of the nuclear sub marines for our nation. we have military bases here, beyond all the civilian facilities. security and protection of the population is the utmost concern. the feds will have to assure us those things are controllable and that they have the resources in place to protect the citizens and protect the courthouse and the other important facilities ...