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That the experts, at least in the outside community, have come up with to try to determine how fast they have gone. they still have a way to go. there's still certain things we don't know that they can do in terms of their targeting capability, the re-entry vehicle. there are a variety of things they still have to perfect, but there's no denying that they are on a path that is quite rapid and there's nothing that's stopping them right now. >> colonel francona, no doubt there will be people that watch this and say i've seen this movie before. north korea has tested plenty of missiles before. th...

Are surface missiles with absolutely no targeting capability whatsoever. they are not surface-to-air missiles. they don't have the capability of taking down an airliner and certainly there's no targeting capability. so i think what you are seeing is, yes, a super sensitive reaction to what happened on monday over the ukraine by the u.s. carriers, although i think the israeli military intelligence, and government will do everything they can to soothe the fears of the carriers very soon to make them understand there really is no threat to flying in and out of ben gurion airport. >> do you get a ...

Targeting capability and capability to actually hit and get fairly close to guam and then a direct hit. >> so colonel, what happens from here? the bar has been lowered for americans to be involved, to be fighting. north korea. north korea has been provoking and doing more tests so what happens next? >> well, if the north koreans live up to their rhetoric and they go further and they actually put those forces that are on alert in to a heightened even a more heightened state of readiness and engage in combat

Military perspective that are very important. first of all, it's a good strategic jumping off point for american forces, both for military operations as well as human taryn operations. we have three submarines based usually every concurrently on guam and of course a huge air force presence there, as well. >> what could they launch in what's north korea capable of launching right now to strike guam or perhaps even further, although my understanding is they're not able to hit hawaii as of yet. >> that's right. basically, we are talking the family of missiles. the missiles are basically designed ...

Murder of that director of the colorado prison system. erin? >> ed, thank you very much. and now our fourth story "outfront," new threats today from north korea. the north korean military warns the united states that american bases in guam and japan are within striking range of korean missiles. now, could they, would they actually hit american targets? "outfront" tonight, center for stra tstrategic and internationl studies. they say good wap. they say japan? what about hawaii? what about american samoa? what about the other islands? >> erin, they have medium range ballistic missile force tha...