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Korea. what to square what he said about the nuclear capability with what we know at this point. >> yeah, it's something you obviously have to take seriously, david. but when you look at that question of whether or not north korea actually is nuclear capable, combat ready with a nuclear arsenal at this stage, south korean military officials say questionable. there's no proof that they actually have mastered the technology which enables that warhead on top of the missile to survive reentry or whether they can activate the war head. those are the final steps toward developing a nuclear program. ...

International space station. launched three missiles which experts say could hit the united states if a war head can one day survive reentry back into earth. in addition to conducting over 20 ballistic missile tests this year. north korea detonated its most powerful test on labor day. a blast 17 times greater than the atomic bomb the united states dropped on hiroshima. south korea prohibition the u.s. and north korea will finally sit down for talks next year. russian officials recently offered to mediate such talks. today the state department declined the offer saying it's up to the north to s...

Crucial to the guidance of a missile to a catarget. we know they still have problems and a long way to go. we also know they are still very much working on it, and that's a big concern to the u.s. because this missile, according to analysts now, was in fact significantly larger than previous missiles they have fired. the first stage, second stage. what does that mean? it means it can in fact fly higher, fly longer, and carry a bigger war head of bigger pay load. finally, what the analysts are beginning to learn about this missile test, it was at least partially liquid fuel, and that gave u.s. ...

This new test could potentially reach the u.s. mainland, but the war head would be destroyed before hitting us. for more let's bring in retired lieutenant colonel daniel l. davis, senior fellow and military expert at defense priorities. sir, good of you to joining us today and thanks for weighing on the all-important issue. i keep hearing comments, it's going to break on reindustry therefore it might not hit us, the likelihood of it hitting us, just the mere chance of that is enough to cause concern, right? >> yes, absolutely. you certainly can't bank on those things malfunctioning in the air....

I think this will be a massive failure of american national security policy and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. this is determining whether the 21st century, i think, would be a world where many more countries, dozen more countries get nuclear and chemical biological weapons here and whether we can draw the line. >> as you're bringing that up we had reporting from own national security correspondent jennifer griffin who happens to be on the ground in california speaking of latest ballistic launch and broke up on reentry, a hurdle they haven't been able to get past, one that appar...