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Know will gain maximum trngs from the world and united states in particular. >> reporter: the number one security issue for the next american president will be the threat from kim's regime if and when he demonstrates that capability to reach the mainland u.s. with a nuclear war head. weapons experts have told us kim could have that operational capability, wolf, within five to ten years. >> pretty scary stuff, north korea's adding to all of that with what? submarineaunch missile capability? >> it is a capability many analysts down played over a year ago but this past summer north korea successf...

We're keeping our eyes right now on some ominous developments in north korea where there's new signs that kim jong-un is about to order another dangerous military provocation. brian, the north korean leader, what is he up to this time? >> reporter: these new satellite pictures show signs that kim jong-un's regime may be preparing for another rocket launch. you've got activity near the launch pad here. you have vehicles next to important fuel buildings here. this kind of activity has been seen before just ahead of rocket launches by the regime. what worries the u.s. and allies is that north kor...

They're expanding their missile capability, and there's always the threat of sporting. and they're doing this without anything stopping them. and so that increases the threat to the united states and its allies. >> understood. so explain this to us. what is north korea trying to prove by claiming this is a hydrogen bomb if it turns out that it wasn't that at all. pyongyang knows the west will be able to confirm what it was either way. what does it achieve by doing this, and at this time? >> well, i think that there are internal reasons for it as stated before. there's a party of congress comin...

>> i know you're not a nuclear scientist, but i wonder if you can explain the difference here between a plu etotonium explosi and a hydrogen explosion and why this is so significant. >> well, i'm not a nuclear physicist, but a hydrogen explosion is much more powerful. it gives you a much more powerful weapon. there's some doubt it's clear that's the direction they're going. so that's worrying. and it's particularly worrying in the context of the north's development of a long-range missile capability. north koreans have this mobile missile called the kno 8 something the american military calls ...

Operating there. how much danger do you think they're in? >> i think the danger is enormous. i don't think the russians would intentionally attack the air force. there's also a problem in the mediterranean. the russians are shadowing american fleet there. the possibility of an accident is what concerns everybody in the military. and that they could accidentally shoot down an american airplane or vice versa, or if a plane strays into turkish air space. i think at this point the turks would shoot it down and this could cascade into a major armed conflict. >> we've seen, phil, a russian missile g...