miles. what does that tell you about their capability now, admiral? >> well, they are achieving the capability that they set out to achieve 10, 15 years ago. and under kim jong-un he has accelerated that effort. he is throwing everything he has at the technology challenges. what worries me, they do a test firing and runs amuck or lands in japan or the united states, we just can't stand for that. we don't know what's in that warhead, whether it's a nuclear warhead. >> bill: why do you think he went quiet for almost three months? >> i think he may have been under some pressure from the chinese, quite frankly. and i think he sat down with the envoy from china and decided that he wanted to go forward. >> bill: sir, thank you for your time and we await possibly another test.