a night-time para trooper jump by the 82nd airborne division over the skies of nevada, practicing dropping into enemy territory. operation panther blade. reporter: at ft. bragg, north carolina, one of the largest-ever live fire exercises. both are part of the pentagon ensuring troops are ready if there is a war against north korea. for now president trump suggesting it is not likely. i think we re going to have a long period of peace. i hope we do. reporter: but defense secretary james mattis has made clear for months that being ready to fight just in case is job number one for the pentagon. this is the reality that faces our department of defense and our like-minded allies, and we must have militaries fit for their purpose. reporter: with a drawdown in iraq and syria, more troops at home can practice vital combat skills. readiness for war, readiness
has gone down four years. graduation rates and test scores gone up. you would assume they had be having parades out in the streets. brian, please take it abe. brian: thanks, abby. 24 minutes after the hour. fox news alert. allies in south korea show of force conducting live fire exercises at sea. this in direct response to north korea s claim that they successfully sted a hydrogen bomb five times more powerful than used in hiroshima ago nagasaki. dr. nicole saphier is a radiologist. she is here to break down the entire process of hydrogen bomb and its effects. first off which what makes the hydrogen bomb so dangerous. atomic bombs we have seen in the past with hiroshima and nagasaki that is by a process of. hydrogen bomb two-part.
that was cnn s reporters covering this story around the world. ian lee join me in seoul. ian another day another live fire military drill by the south korean military, this time involving the navy, tell us what happened and the intended message here. kristy this message is the one we ve been seeing since sixth nuclear test. that has a strong force. can retaliate against the north korean regime in the midst of a war. this time we re seeing the navy carry out these live fire exercises. now we ve seen the navy, army and these air force conduct this. we following this phone call between president moon jae and donald trump. they talked about further
time, aren t they? absolutely, folks, greetings from seoul, south korea where the sense is edgier than we have seen in the past several times that we have been here. especially with comments like the one you just read from a north korean officials. one gift package that might be coming away at least somewhere in the direction of the united states, another icbm. another missile seen according to reports being moved by north korea to the east coast of that country. for possible launch. for the second day south korean military has been in action. live fire exercises. this time naval ships including a guided missile vessel going through the routines just in case. all of this, of course, of the respond to that weekend nuclear test by the north korean regime of kim jong un. i talked to one of my closest experts on this. he said the test was his words alarming, significant, put on top of a missile, a possible u.s. city buster.
washington, d.c. after north korea s sixth nuclear test of a hydrogen bomb. president trump said he has given the go ahead for japan and south korea to buy a substantially increased amount of military equipment from the united states as south korean warships conduct live fire exercises at sea today for a second straight day. greg palcott is live from seoul. greg? reporter: hi, harris. welcome to a very edgey seoul, south korea, where the folks are wondering what the north will do next. maybe it will be another missile launch. tuesday there were more reports coming from south korean media that north korea is moving yet another intercontinental ballistic bomb to the east coast of that country. no official confirmation of this, when or where, but there s a big day coming up on saturday. anniversary of the founding of the country that could be the target date, literally.