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The defense system that will be deployed by the end of this year. china was very public in its condemnation last week during the visit of james mattis to the region in saying that the system is going to compromise china's own security and will really do nothing to ease tensions on the peninsula. so china will keep the system as a bargaining point if it is going to be expected to exert more pressure on pyongyang. >> to say the least that china will now have certainly a bigger role in the trump administration if in fact, the trump administration tries to levy new sanctions through the united nat...

During the previous and after the previous three nuclear tests have not stopped pyongyang so far. but we know that japan has sent two aircraft into the area of the sea of japan, or the east sea, which is just east of north korea where they believe any radioactive material would have been blown given the wind direction. they're going to collect that dust. they're going to analyze it and find out if that gives any clues obviously that the amount of kilotons that have been used would suggest how big the explosion was. but of course they don't know what the underground casing is like. they don't k...

Streets following their government's bold announcement of a first for the isolated nation. a successful test of a hydrogen bomb, many times more powerful than the atomic bombs pyongyang has already developed. this man telling a reporter his heart is happy and he wants to dance. pyongyang believes photos of north korean leader kim jong-un signing the order for the test while international monitoring work to determine the exact power of the blast. >> signals were detected on numerous seismic stations. and these signals were immediately made available to all of our member states. >> reporter: but...

Ripple effect of sort. japan unnerved by this latest move. that country of course is a frequent target of north korea's previous threats while some 50,000 american soldiers are stationed in japan, even closer to north korea of course is china. and china felt the shock from the test literally. cnn correspondent will ripley is in beijing. will, china obviously one of north korea's biggest allies. how is china reacting to this latest news from pyongyang? >> reporter: publicly they're condemning this. they're calling for high level talks. but this really puts the beijing leadership in a difficult ...

Change our assessment of north korea's technical and military capabilities. >> reporter: still, the detonation at an underground facility is the fourth by north korea since 2006. all in gross violation of international law and prior nuclear agreements with the west. most nuclear analysts share the administration's doubt that north korea has developed an a-bomb. however, some are concerned that pyongyang appears to be making worrisome progress in its nuclear program including the possibility of advancements in building a device small enough to deploy on a missile. and north korea has developed ...