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And i've been invited to witness a test launch first—hand. now, the 12m accelerator won't be launching into the air — this much smaller projectile be fired down a tube and straight into a steel plate. what happens to this after it's launched from that? so this mostly turns to dust as it hits the end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. dramatic music. now, where were we? oh, yeah! 500 miles an hour. so now you're going about as fast as a jet. the actual projectiles and the spinning arm are made of carbon fibre — pretty much the only substance that can withstand the forces involved. 700 miles an h...

Rejecting moscow's demand and other former soviet nations out of nato. >> sandra: president biden set to speak with his ukrainian counterpart today. word the invasion could happen at any point. this hour that conversation is expected to take place, as russian troops carry out military exercises in striking distance. >> griff: ukraine is just one of the challenges the biden administration is facing abroad. alex hogan live in london. >> mounting pressure on the white house amid other international conflicts. just today, north korea launching two more suspected ballistic missiles. this is the six...

Confirming what analysts suspected. the country's state-run news agency reports pyongyang test fired an intermediate range missile known as the hwasong 12 on sunday. this is the most powerful ballistic missile north korea has tested since 2017, and the seventh missile test this month alone. the biden administration says it would like to return to diplomatic talks with pyongyang, but they are still waiting for an official response. for more on all of this, we want to bring in ivan watson. he joins us live from hong kong. great to see you, ivan. what more are you learning about the missile tes...

In my mind, this has gone from nonsense to plausible in the space of a few hours. and in october last year, the first test launch in new mexico proved that the carbon fibre dart could not only launch, but also survive a landing in which it buried itself in the desert. i have been blown away by a launch technology that doesn't blow things away. in fact, by throwing things away, there's less to throw away. i mean, wejust watched something launch. there was no great big fireball or smoke. it's clean! it's clean, it's very clean. i mean, at some point, that was going supersonic straight towards us...

And that's why we can hardly hear anything. system is supersonic. if this were full of air, we'd get a sonic boom on every single revolution. you can hear a little bit. can you hear it? just a little bit. a little bit of vibration too. arming system... here we go. so he's doing the launch sequence now. ten... nine, here we go. ..seven, six, five, four, three, two, one... launching. whoa! that was it. applause yeah! decelerating system. in my mind, this has gone from nonsense to plausible in the space of a few hours. and in october last year, the first test launch in new mexico proved that the ...