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That they are going to have to master. all three of them are very difficult. one is the boost phase, getting it up there. two is the actual being in orbit. and the third is sort of coming down. and we're going to have to see how these things go. we should know from what we see. i guess from what i heard in the earlier segment the trajectory seems to be one that was a satellite if that's what i heard correctly. they are going to be able to learn a lot for a weapons technology as well. >> shepard: in the immediate future, philip, if, in fact, this rocket launch is successful and again we should ...

moment? >> well, i think it was pretty clear from the information we were getting in the days before this that they had fully fueled the rocket and that the launch pad was ready. i guess it was just a matter of finding the right weather conditions under which to launch this rocket. very clearly, they had the right launch conditions today. politically, they were able to elevate this young fellow to the highest position within the party the day before yesterday, so politically the stage was set. now they have done what they said they were going to do for several weeks now. >> so what a...

Tu altitude that we set up in south korea. usually when they are coming back down. not a debate, but there is an effort inside the pentagon on how to knock out potential missiles from north korea in their boost phase going up in the air when boosters are firing. the challenge with that is you don't have a lot of time. you have two, three minutes depending where you'll knock it out. and so that might prevent less of a threat to the u.s. but it's very difficult to do. that's where we are on ballistic missile defense. remember at the end of last year trump asked for $4 billion funding for defense...

I want you to hear what he told wolf blitzer on "the situation room" tonight. >> i don't want a war, he doesn't want a war, but we're not going to let this crazy man in north korea have the capability to hit the homeland. we're not going to live this way. to our friends in china, we're not going to live this way. you need to help us. if you don't help us, we'll take care of it. us taking care of it means the war's in your backyard, not ours. >> taking hundreds of thousands of lives on the korean peninsula and possibly beyond. joining us, mark hertling and retired air force colonel rick francon...