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Defense capability. the thaad anti-missile system had been put on hold by the new president of south korea. he wanted to look at the environmental impact of this particular weapons capability. and i would say go forward now, put it into operational effect. i would recommend that japan have a similar type of system, and that will get the attention of not only the north koreans, but specifically china and russia. our allies have to join with us, in posing even more severe sanctions that have been recommended by and endorsed by the security council. we have to go after our allies and friends who ...

Takes place throughout the year, each year, to ensure that that type of defense capability exists. now in terms of the air defense capability, certainly the terminal high altitude air defense system which the united states and south korea have allowed to be deployed in the south part of the peninsula works exceptionally well. guam is protected, if you're able to engage a missile as it launches. clearly the most vulnerable time during a missile launch is that first 45 seconds to a minute where it's getting locked, where it's coming off the ground. if the united states can detect and can engage,...

What kind of measures, general marks, could the u.s. military now take to, in terms of guam's protection or even south korea's protection, what could they take? >> anderson, bear in mind that the united states and south korea have had a coalition that has been in place for years, over 60 years. it's very strong. it's exercised as a matter of routine. processes are in place. forces are allocated, forces are assigned, in order they're on the peninsula. forces are designated to arrive at the peninsula. and there's a very large series of exercises and planning that takes place throughout the year,...

They could reach the american mainland. >> we have to assume that is the case. >> if you were secretary of defense what would you be doing? >> intensifying the sanctions that's being done. i would build up the defense capability on the south korean peninsula. i'd be doing the same thing with japan and perhaps even talking about giving them offensive capability in the region in order to have a really strong deterrent in addition to ours. a number of other things, but i would intensify the sanctions to say to the north korean regime we're going to try to bring about a collapse of your economy. s...

>> nato members must finally contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations. but 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they're supposed to be paying for their defense. abby: he is saying we have got to stand up for ourself. we need our allies to do more. >> he looks around the world and sees those nations not stepping up, not investing the way they should in their own defense capability so that the alliance is strong. and i think that president's message is exactly the right one. abby: one of the biggest problems though are these...