systems would send the coordinates of the flight back to these response missiles which would then fire and go up and try to hit it and take it out. ideally, they would like to hit it early on or in the middle and at a last resort, way over here. but they want numerous shots at it so they can stop it. that s really the goal. and they have to have numerous shots because this is all still fairly new technology and it s not all entirely reliable. as i said, we don t know that the north koreans at this point can really get a missile to go this far. but our ability to intercept it and stop it is also a tricky, tricky thing to pull off. look at the things we would use for this. two-stage missile, we would launch out of alaska or california releasing something like this. this is called an kill vehicle. it s got the propulsion units around there. it s got an infrared guidance in the nose. it will guide this in to actually smash into that at about 17,000 miles an hour and tear it apart.
well, if north korea launches a missile, all those early warning systems would send the coordinates of the flight back to these response missiles which would fire and go up and try to hit it and take it out. ideally, they would like to hit it early on or in the middle and at a last resort way over here, but what they want is numerous shots at it so they can stop it. they have to have numerous shots because this is all still fairly new technology and it s not all entirely reliable. as i said, we don t know that the north koreans at this point can get a missile to go this far, but our ability to intercept it and stop it is also a tricky, tricky thing to pull off. look at the things we would use for this. as a two-stage missile, this is what we would launch out of alaska and california. this is called an exoatmospheric kill vehicle. it s got propulsion units, also an infrared guidance system in the nose. and that when it gets released locks in on the nuclear warhead