dangerous globally, not just in the pacific region. as the cia director mike pompeo said, they are within a matter of months of being able to hit targets in the united states. we don t know how many months. but this an imminent possibility. once they get the ability to hit new york with a nuclear weapon. our ability to take preemptive action against them is effectively over. that s what they are playing for. we tried to rely on china. so far i have to say there is no evidence china macedon a blessed thing any differently than they have don t past 25 years which is essentially to let the north advance their scientific and technological capabilities. that s routine business for the chinese military and for the