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Atomic device. a hydrogen bomb had been developed by north korea. it showed an image of kim jong-un at the very least with a mock-up of what was described as a hydrogen bomb. the timing of this announcement. the timing of this report in conjunction with the apparent detonation of this device could be no coincidence. all of this in the back drop of what else north korea has been doing. we were there most of recently in april of this year and saw the rollout of a new missile which was claimed at the time to be an icbm. that is missile capable of reaching the united states mainland from north kor...

Are there expernal political considerations that kim jong-un goes through. he probably also is thinking about the effect of this launch on his internal political standing. since the end of january, a number of instances indicating instability at the top of his regime. and probably what he wants to do is to consolidate his base with the generals and admirals. and what better way than to do something like the missile launch or detonation of an atomic device. >> exercising his authority is what you're saying amongst the generals, amongst those in the middle management, quote/unquote, to show he's...

That they feel is unacceptable. kim junk on is not going to launch a nuke unless he has a choice. his country will be obliterated and his family could loose power. one thing he could do, start a series of crisis where it makes sense for him to do something awful. the other step, north korea could take accrued atomic device, set it off and we may never know. so we may never retaliate. kim jong-un thinks that could bolster someone in the regime. >> shepard: what could china do to help make things better and what sort of leverage do we have on that front? >> china could cut off all of north korea...

The turn of century, perhaps longer. it's not only the uranium program but also the plutonium program as well. there's been an exchange of personnel so for instance, you ever iranians on site in north korea since october of 2012 at a military base south of the chinese border and every time that north korea explodes an atomic device, iranians are on scene. north korea has sold iran enriched uranium and each year iran pays north korea somewhere between $1.5 billion to $2 billion for missiles, nukes and other weapons. jenna: that statistic was interesting because north korea is such a closed nati...

A much more powerful weapon than a simple atomic device. hand in hand with nuclear development, kim jong-un loves announcing new missile ranges. experts say north korea's last launch could likely reach anywhere in the continental united states. the only steps left are miniaturizing a nuclear bomb and creating a warhead that could survive re-entry into the atmosphere. nuclear missiles go like that. the nuclear capabilities are not the only danger. according to analysis by the u.s. and south korean defense apparatus, north korea has about 1600 military aircraft, jets and helicopters, and almost ...