been the case for the last four decades, five decades. reporter: and china, according to u.s. officials, has been more aggressive recently in testing its weapons. as of the end of last month, september of 2021, the prc had launched at least 250 ballistic missiles this year. reporter: but china s not alone in developing hypersonic missiles. the u.s. and russia are also working on them. and recently, kim jong un s regime claimed north korea test fired a hypersonic missile with a warhead that could detach and glide. i m concerned about is an unconstrained ballistic missile and hypersonic missile race in east asia in future years. we know there are military tensions between china and japan, between the koreas, between the united states and china. reporter: experts are increas increasingly concerned. where did north korea get the technology? analysts say it s possible they could have gotten it from china or russia but they also say china and russia have expressed
accusations and let s get more perspective on this joining me from washington d.c. is kingston reef he s the director of the arms control association a nonpartisan organization that promotes arms control policy now as we heard the trump administration it says it will pull out of the treaty in six months completely if there s no progress on arms control from the russian side how worried are you about the. withdrawing from the i.n.f. treaty at this time and in the manner the trump administration has chosen to do so is a kind of productive and self-defeating own goal in my view withdrawing from the treaty will do nothing to bring russia back into compliance with the agreement and greatly increases the risk of unleashing a new missile race that would reduce the security of our allies in europe in our forward deployed troops in europe unfortunately as has been the case with the trump
toward space. more word on the ongoing missile race across the globe. heather: this is not fake news. this is what people should be talk about, paying attention to. lucas, thank you. eric: meanwhile back in washington, the majority members of congress heard them now gone home to celebrate independence day. the senate republicans still have deadlock in health care. after missing the july 4th deadline of today, the chamber leadership is now looking to the three week session, where they hope to try to pass the senate health care bill before the august recess on august 5th. will they be able to do that? jim is live with their development and prognosis, and if they can never reach a deal. answers to all questions. good morning to you as well. the answer to repeal and replace obamacare remains. chiefly enter party battle between moderates and conservatives struggling to come to grips with each other, and that calendar, that only these
silent. they have been able to reach pakistan for sometime. but i was surprised we haven t seen anything about pakistanively they have that capability and everybody knows it. pakistan and china have been close for a long time because of precisely that adversarial relationship with india. so the shifting sands of the allegiances here have been important to the united states over time and will be as india and china grow in economic strength. greta: is there going to be a missile race in asia? or is there one? it s already start theed started. last year, indians published doctrine about china as a military power, shedding the gandhiesque ideas that they are a big, peaceful country. they have a long-range missile ballistic capability and more is coming. greta: there is some idea that people need not worry
silent. they have been able to reach pakistan for sometime. but i was surprised we haven t seen anything about pakistanively they have that capability and everybody knows it. pakistan and china have been close for a long time because of precisely that adversarial relationship with india. so the shifting sands of the allegiances here have been important to the united states over time and will be as india and china grow in economic strength. greta: is there going to be a missile race in asia? or is there one? it s already start theed started. last year, indians published doctrine about china as a military power, shedding the gandhiesque ideas that they are a big, peaceful country. they have a long-range missile ballistic capability and more is coming. greta: there is some idea that people need not worry