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Kingdom. >> celebrations marking the anniversary of the birthdate of a founder of this country ended with a dead this week. and they missile that they tried to launch early sunday morning north korean time blew off that left off. a couple hours prior to that we watch as missiles went by and clearly a medium-range solid fuel missile which could have been the type that was at the launch site on the east coast of the country today. if successful it could have her in japan as well as us service members in the country. while a missile launch was expected around this time drunk anniversary, there is...

Be that version. in fact, there's no clear consensus yet on what kind of missile they've used, but they have a version they've used in submarine launches. clearly solid fuel would be a break through for north korea they've been working on in the last year. it's important to understand in 2016 they had 25 missile launches in that year alone. they're working on this new generation of missiles, but i think today's firing of a missile was more in a sort of context of this ceremony and i think it's a huge embarrassment to the north koreans. >> if that's a huge embarrassment might you expect then fo...

Saying they didn't want to the north koreans to do this and kim jong-un has gone ahead and done this anyway. he's helped nudge the chinese closer to us in this process, but i think we're going to have some really serious talks with the chinese about where with he go because this is a situation that just can't be left alone. >> ambassador you made a note that you believe this to be solid fuel rocket booster, solid fuel delivery device here, which is a new piece of information for us in terms of what we're hearing so far and the importance there which you know so well is that when you talk about...

Bit the rationale behind these kinds of demonstrations of military force in north korea. >> reporter: well, these are designed to not only rally the troops but to rally the public as a whole. north koreans, when they see these images of strength on television, when they see their nation's tanks and artillery and, you know, extremely disciplined, goose-stepping soldiers, when they see people in uniform from various conflicts all the way dating back to the korean more, to the most modern special forces troops, it instills a sense of national pride. then it's also an opportunity for north korea t...

Intercontinental ballistic missile. s. >> north koreans have been holding parades for a long time . it is put in a little bit of context. the casings that you see them on parade. >> you think they're mock up. >> well, there is a debate of what's real and what's a mock up. usually they are mock ups. to the extent to which they reflect substantial capabilities. yes, there are two sets of casings of new dwoms. the first appears to be the rep presentation of the marine. and demonstrating of what's called their ability to use solid fuel. that meaning if you got solid fuel, it means that they can be...