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Maintenance. but wolf, one thing you have to keep in mind, much of the activity here is hidden from view, very hard to tell from this satellite imagery. >> brian, why would they conduct a fourth nuclear test? >> well, wolf, you know, it's interesting. analysts say it could be to show that they've mastered the technology to build a nuclear warhead small enough to put on an intercontinental ballistic missile like this one. now, north koreans claim they already have that know-how, but weapons experts we have spoken to say they have not flight-tested long-range missiles enough to ensure that they ...

About north korea. >> they have the ability, weapons, the ability to minute that tourize the weapons. >> weapons experts tell cnn kim jong un developed rockets with advanced technology. >> the most likely next vehicle north korea will use is the liquid fuel vehicle which today launches a satellite but can be modified to carry a nuclear war head but that missile can reach global targets. it can reach targets all over the united states. >> experts say the north koreans haven't flight tested the r rockets yet and could spark retaliation from the u.s. >> you may be down a 10, 20% chance of success...

Korea to kwdevelop an intercontinental ballistic missile that's capable of reaching the united states. >> weapons experts say they haven't tested reentry on those missiles and they could break apart. still, these moves bring a warning from washington, demanding that kim stop his provocations. u.s. officials taking no chances. making sure kim knows what kind of missile defenses america has at the ready. >> ground-based interceptors to alaska, surface combat ants to the western pacific. a battery on guam and another radar in japan in order to be ready and vigilant for anything the north koreans ...

According to a south korean ministry official that one shot was assumed to be a small rocket. a u.s. official says south korea responded by firing 36 artillery shells toward the north. now there's no word yet on whether that caused any casualties on north korea's side. this is an escalation of tensions that were already very high. this week the u.s. and south korea began an operation of massive military exercises, some 30,000 u.s. troops and about 50,000 south korean troops are participating. some of the live fire drills are scheduled to take place later in a city right about there near the dm...

Readiness of south korean forces in that region. threats are not new, as you mentioned, from kim jong-un when these exercises take place. the exercises take place every year. the u.s. and south korea are very transparent about them, but as far as -- there are a couple things we have to say this morning about this threat. number one, as far as north korea's threat to strike at the u.s. mainland is concerned, u.s. officials and all the weapons experts we talk to are pretty much on the same page about this. north korea does not have the capability right now to strike at the u.s. mainland with nuc...