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Farther than any before. the height of north korea's second test was the most concerning. the missile flew 2300 miles in space, 600 miles higher than the july 4th test and six minutes longer and their ability to mount a warhead with the ability to reenter the earth's atmosphere. the u.s. military tested its thaad system. it shot down a medium range ballistic missile. the government in seoul says it wants four more launchers to protect themselves. officials here at the pentagon are seeing signs of increased north korean submarine activity and believe that north korea's next missile test could c...

Now saying this missile went higher and further than before. could this kind of missile now reach cities on the east coast? possibly new york or d.c. abc's martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: the north korean missile traveled farther than any missile they have launched. the missile icbm airborne for close to 45 minutes before splashing down in the sea of japan. >> it looks like this thing can go about 10,000 kilometers, that mean from north korea, they could hit most of the united states. so, they finally have done it. >> reporter: meaning not just hawaii, where they are already putting out s...

>> earlier this week the washington reported that there is a new defense intelligence agency assessment that moved it up to 2018. before it had been 20 tent. a lot of that is based on the fact that this july 4th test, the one that they did earlier this month was so successful. it's the first time they shot a two-stage rocket, threw it up above the atmosphere. it came down. it didn't disintegrate. one thing they don't know is if they've miniature iced a nuclear weapon to put it on top of one of these missiles and it doesn't look like they've achieved controlled re-entry. so they don't have near...

In fact they have done it more recently. there has been six such flyovers over south korea just since april. this just goes to show how tense things are becoming as north korea ramps up its capabilities, especially when it comes to missiles. now, this is a response to the july 4th test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. that's an icbm. north korea said it had launched an icbm and u.s. officials agreed that the test qualified as an intercontinental ballistic missile, which means that it could strike american targets in alaska. now, these flyovers, there were three countries that were par...

4th test, which experts fear it could potentially hit the mainland. >> getting close is all that's needed. >> reporter: the u.s. and south korea responded tonight by conducting their own missile exercises, something they did after the july 4th test, to little effect. >> and martha with us live again. the amount of time this missile was in the air, the distance as you point out, really concern those watching closely. but we still know that north korea's main goal here is trying to get a nuclear weapon on top of one of those missiles. >> that's right, david, and while it was thought that technol...