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>> reporter: president trump designating north korea a state sponsor of terrorism also has a military objective. >> the north korean regime must be lawful, it must end its unlawful nuclear and ballistic missile development. >> reporter: the president's hot rhetoric -- >> they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> reporter: about north korea's weapons causing deep worry by some he might suddenly order a nuclear weapons launch. >> we are concerned that the president of the united states is so unstable, is so volatile, has a decision-making process that is so quixotic t...

One will hear. >> reporter: peter singing wrote about this dire scenario in his book "ghost fleet" and he now advises the department on just this type of threat. >> you are now in world war iii so besides losing your ability to take out money from an atm, your nation is in world war iii. >> reporter: this is not fantasy, this is the future, a future for which the u.s. is now urgently preparing. >> if you say is it inevitable, the answer is probably yes. >> reporter: general john heighten, until recently the head of u.s. space command, has been promoted ed td to lead st command, charged from ...