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Sanctions so that we can get the attention of north korea in order to try to move some kind of diplomatic solution forward. unless we do all of those things, unless we tighten the noose around north korea, we are going to see a north korea that within a year is going to develop an icbm capability, which will be a direct threat to the united states. >> there is even some suggestion by some former cia officials that they may already have that capability. they certainly have the icbm range. we've seen that in their tests. they may do another missile test this weekend. that's possibly on their ann...

Lower 49 and how close they are to that. give us sort of an assessment, does the pentagon have a timetable as to when north korea could reach that viability? that it could have a long range missal to reach the lower 49. >> they don't have anything firm. . by the time that north korea has the ability to hit the lower 48 or the lower 49 because there are some areas where hawaii would be in range. by the time they do that, it's too late. so when they think of intercepting this program, they think about it before they get to the icbm range. now when they tested that antimissile system last month o...

Dangerous. north korea claiming it's now within striking range of the u.s. and can put nuclear warheads on this missile. >> translator: we will do test launches anytime anywhereupon the direction of the supreme leadership. >> reporter: this launch does take kim one step closer to an intercontinental strike capability. >> they fired it straight up about 2,000 kilometers before it came down, so even though it traveled only about 700 kilometers, if they had stretched it out it would have gone about 4,000 kilometers. that's getting very close to icbm range. >> reporter: analysts warn even at this ...

This test mimicked what it would be like in icbm range, the heat and stress of reentry and they apparently had a successful test of their reentry vehicle technology. finally, a stepping stone on the way to that longer missile. very similar to the way the chinese developed their long range missile. they had a missile like this called the dx 3. went about this long. a few years later, they followed by the 4 and used that as the first stage of their intercontinental ballistic missile. that is what we think north korea is up to. >> shepard: we need dees calatin here. are the chinese a partner in t...