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Pacific region principally because north korea now has solid fuel rockets, they're mobile. in the past we've been able to see days in advance that the north koreans were going to conduct a test of an icbm, but with solid fuel rockets and mobile capability, the time line for determining that there is liable to be an attack, that there's going to be a launch is much, much shorter giving us almost no time to react. flight time from north korea to guam, for example, is about 30 minutes. there's always the possibility of making a big mistake on one or both sides and it would be extremely difficult ...

Not if you look at this picture with kim jong-un and a new missile that could be powered by solid fuel, which means it can go further and do more damage to a lot more folks. retired general jerry lincoln. what are we to make of that and what they're up to? >> well, i think that this is -- this is a very critical time. it's a huge mistake for america to think the crisis is over. kim is buying time and i think the fact that he's demonstrating now that he has the technology that we have basically were not aware of, which in fact would give him a much better missile capability. it can be fueled qu...

Of kim looking at a design of what experts say is a previously unseen type of missile. a poster of it on the wall say it's the pukason g3. >> what they unveiled is a three stage missile presumably solid propelled and it's capable of reaching the entire united states or presumably so. we just don't know how large it is at this point. >> reporter: experts say the north koreans could be several years away from deploying this missile, but when he does have that capability, kim will be even more dangerous. solid fuel missiles, experts say, are faster to deploy, can be driven to a launch point and f...

Fact that i believe he is starting to respect us. i respect that fact. >> meantime, north korean media report kim jong-un ordered increased production of solid fuel rockets and warhead tips. >> back to the panel. that report came out before donald trump talked about kim jong-un's respect to him. but do you believe the bellicose language we heard from donald trump on north korea has it worked in this instance? >> i say it hasn't worked. north korea is getting the rocket engines and it goes back to what trump doesn't understand and that is what has happened with north korea is they are concerned...

Paratroopers are being send to afghanistan even though we know the 82nd airborne is next up to deploy there. the army says they're still awaiting deployment orders. what we know is the president has given secretary jim mattis the authority to send up to 4,000 troops to afghanistan. some could be arriving in the couple days and week. >> shepard: i know of a couple deploying myself. new photos show that north korea is advancing more ballistic missiles. state media released the images which appeared to show one or two new designs. you can see diagramming hanging on the wall behind dictator kim jo...