before by u.s. intelligence. u.s. intelligence will now classify this as a new north korean intercontinental ballistic missile, something brand-new to the inventory they haven t seen. why is that so important, of course, because u.s. intelligence tracking every move north korea makes. they ee trying to assess exactly what configuration this may have, how soon it could be able to actually launch and reach the united states, possibly alaska. what they now believe is that the salt light initially saw something called a kn-17. that s the big part of the missile that sat on the ground, liquid fuel. the satellite picks up the detail that that liquid fuel is pouring into that part of the missile. but at some point the north koreans attach a second-stage on top. that is the part that perhaps gave the missile the ability to reach intercontinental range.