give trump the big deal he thought he was going to get. and obviously trump walked away in hanoi. and the north koreans have suggested recently through these short-range missile launches that they may be inching back towards the provocation cycle, in other words, doing thing that the u.s. and its allies in asia don t like as a way to force the u.s. back to the table. anna, when you look at it from beijing, does beijing have enough influence with north korea to throw a monkey wrench in this to get them to be provocative? if u.s.-china relations get bad, could they turn up the pressure using north korea, or is that relationship not as good as it perhaps once was historically? well, the attitude here is very much that if the u.s. is not making a big deal about these short-range missile
north cre nkorea? what do they mean? the big worry about their nuclear program is that they make a significant leap forward to develop and be able to deploy a miniaturized nuclear device. why is that so important? you have to miniatureize a nuclear device to put it on the front end of a ballistic missile. that s what delivers a nuclear weapon to its target. it is that miniature zation that concerns the u.s. they are also working on a number of other technologies in their nuclear program. right now, no real indication about what they are talking about and still the question, is it all a lot of rhetoric or is this actually the beginning potentially of a new provocation cycle from north korea? carol? barbara starr reporting live from the pentagon this morning. there are new fears, landslide
is announcing another provocation cycle. artillery shells fell in the water off the coast. an area that has seen a lot of disputes in the past. you see the american v-22s and amphibious vehicles right there. even as these western exercises were taking place. the question really is, how far is north korea going to go with all of this? will there be more provocations and what will happen next? this comes one day after north korea suggested it might conduct another nuclear test. carol? i wanted to ask you more about that. north korea did lob that verbal bomb at the united states and said, we would not rule out a new form of a nuclear test aimed as strengthening our nuclear deterrents. the u.s. better ponder over this and stop acting rashly. what do they mean? that s always a question with
know as much as soon. in this case, in the scenario we re in, we re possibly looking at being able to see it being in a general location and then to sense a launch. reporter: will north korea launch or stand down? locklear says it s hard to read kim jong-un. his father and grandfather always figured into their provocation cycle an off ramp of how to get out of it, and it s not clear to me that he has thought through how to get out of it. reporter: u.s. officials are working through the assumption that he will not issue a mariners warning. that s a warning don t be in this area at this specific time because that s where the missile could land. it s also a heads up that a missile launch is imminent. they re operating under the assumption that north korea may
i would recommend action if it s aimed ought our allies. reporter: this launch could be different from previous tests when the u.s. had significant indications on what was about to happen before liftoff. to understand the direction of a launch, where it was at. reporter: u.s. radars will calculate their trajectory of north korea s road mobile missile. but admits the u.s. won t know as much as soon. we re probably looking at being able to see it being if a general location, and ten to sense a launch. reporter: will north korea launch or stand down? locklear says it s hard to read kim jong-un. his father and grandfather, as far as i could see, always figured into their provocation cycle an off-ramp of how to get out of it. it s not clear to me how he has thought how to get out of it. u.s. officials say this time they re working under the assumption that kim jong-un will