u.s. military generally considers something that flies 6400 miles is considered an intercontinental ballistic missile. obviously the whole world has close eyes on north korea and their nuclear capability. it s believed they have a dozen or so nuclear weapons. what do we know about their ability to put that kind of a warhead on this kind of a missile? so what we know is that they haven t demonstrated that capability. i don t know if you would find anyone in the u.s. military at the highest levels who would say with confidence or certainty that they don t absolutely have that capability. i think that they re hopeful they do not, since they haven t demonstrated or tested it. but what people don t realize is, you know, this missile that they tested last night, it s a kn-17 with a reentry vehicle added onto the top. it s what the military calls a two-stage. some of these missiles that north korea is testing now are wider, they have a wider base. the miniaturization process isn t as diff
obviously the whole world has close eyes on north korea and their nuclear capability. it s believed they have a dozen or so nuclear weapons. what do we know about their ability to put that kind of a warhead on this kind of a missile? so what we know is that they haven t demonstrated that capability. i don t know if you would find anyone in the u.s. military at the highest levels who would say with confidence or certainty that they don t absolutely have that capability. i think that they re hopeful they do not, since they haven t demonstrated or tested it. but what people don t realize is, you know, this missile that they tested last night, it s a kn-17 with a reentry vehicle added onto the top. it s what the military calls a two-stage. some of these missiles that north korea is testing now are wider, they have a wider base. the miniaturization process isn t as difficult as some might think. they don t actually have to miniaturize the warhead as small as they have on the other missi