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The second stage takes another 4 to 6 minutes before it separates from the rocket. that, we expect should land in the ocean somewhere near the philippines. north of the philippines in the pacific ocean if all goes as planned. this rocket is being launched toward the direction due south from the launch site it will essentially be heading over the philippines. the third phase. and this is the phase they had trouble with back in april, 2009, when their second missile launched the taepodong 2 failed in the third phase. that phase will happen again within about 10 minutes of the launch. and that's ...

And it is heading due south. that's what the north koreans say was the direction it was fired off in. >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. the range is the concern. if you do the math that would potentially if they use a rocket like this in the future to bring anything they wanted to alaska and eventually they tell us the lower 48. let's get to philip yun now. he has visited north korea at least four times and joining us on our live line. help us understand, sir, if you will, the bigger picture, significance of this and why the world is so concerned. >> well, i think the world, yes, t...

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