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Reserveists. so north korea has a massive land army. north korea is stimd to possess 10 to 20 nuclear weapons. that of course is dwarfed by the almost 7,000 each that are in the ars analysis of the united states and russia. and all thf is extremely concerning given north korea's missile capability and the ability to reach japan, the united states and guam. these missiles have about a 5,500 mile capability. chicago is at about 6400. san francisco is about 5,500. los angeles is 5,900. alaska is much closer. let's talk a little bit more about the developments in south korea. joining me live now a...

Usgs, and it comes at a time when as you were pointing out, there's been an escalation, a constant escalation, a back and forth. remember, of course, the north koreans fired a missile over japan and they threatened guam not long ago and now this just a couple of days ago, a massive show of military force by the united states, south korea and japan a massive flyover and military exercises that were, to some extent, unprecedented and yet the north koreans still keep pressing forward. the north koreans are clearly testing and pushing the trump administration to see how they will respond. they see...

Important is that the stakes are extremely high for a lot of reasons. the first being that seoul, which is about 35 miles from the demilitarized border with north korea, has 25 million people in it. among those 25 million are 140,000 americans, including 28,000 military. across the border 7.7 million reservists, 1.2 million soldiers. a massive army. possess 10 to 20 nuclear weapons. that is dwarfed by the past arsenals the u.s. and russia have now. these are vast arsenals. can you see they are off by a little bit because we renew our nuclear devices. just to keep in mind, this is what u.s. an ...

Nuclear warhead on a missile and have that missile potentially fly and hit a target with a nuclear device to show the world it has that kind of capability. north korea has not demonstrated the ability to have a missile which can reenter the earth's atmosphere. but with all the missile tests they have been doing the past years and months, people think it could happen very quickly. north korea is advancing in missile capability as well as nuclear capability. this has bent largest nuclear test out of the 6 previously in it history going back to 2006. robert: thanks so much for joining us at this ...

Of first strike to destroy the -- or to destroy the north's missile capability. south koreans are adamantly opposed to that because they fear the consequences could be catastrophic. seoul sits 50 miles from one of the most fortified boarders in the world and the congress jone consequences are unspeakable in many analysts' eyes. that is the tension between the south korean government and the united states government and the japanese government as well, which is clearly in the firing line. japan just lies not far from here. that missile that flew over japan arrived there in a matter of minutes. ...