the announcement comes after president trump blasted iran at the united nations suggesting the u.s. is ready to ditch the iran nuclear deal. nbc s ali aruzzi is live with more. reporter: rouhani gave a defiant speech saying iran will strengthen its missile capabilities and won t seek permission from any country to do so. unveiled a new ballistic missile which they say has a range of 1,200 miles. that means it could hit almost anywhere in the middle east. they say it s capable of carrying multiple warheads. it s important to point out that iran has a massive arsenal of missiles they display from time to time. last year the revolutionary guard showed footage of underground bunkers packed with rows of missiles they say are ready to be used for defensive purposes at a moment s notice. also as you guys well know,
it will involve the massive shelling of an ally s capital, which is one of the most density packed cities on earth. it would be a serious it would be a catastrophic war. reporter: kim jong-un has a million-man army and bolstered his infantry and artillery near the dmz. much of those forces are in underground bunkers, ready to fire on seoul at the first whiff of an attack by the u.s. the number of missiles that they have that they could launch into south korea could cause a lot of damage. reporter: there are about 28,000 u.s. troops in the region. the u.s. and south korea would win that war experts say, but studies suggest tens of thousands killed in the first couple of days. it would be a nasty tight. they have been therefore, so they know the terrain.
than senator graham seems to realize. my reaction is that lindsey graham should get a classified briefing like the ones i have had and sit down with secretary mattis, which i have done. reporter: president trump s defense secretary recently issued a dire warning about armed conflict on the korean peninsula. it will be a war more serious in terms of human suffering than anything we have seen since 1953. it will involve the massive shelling of an allied s capital which is one of the most densely packed cities on earth. it would be a serious it would be a catastrophic war. reporter: kim jong-un has a million-man army and has bolstered his infantry and artillery near the dmz. the pentagon says much of those forces are in underground bunkers, ready to fire on seoul at the first whif of an attack by the u.s. the number of missiles that
number tested in 2015. it s a matter of time. we have to assume the capability exists to attack the united states. dirty minutes. that s how long it would take an enter an intercontinental missile to reach los angeles. an american first strike would likely trigger one of the worst mass killings in human history. over 10,000 artillery tubes and 20 million people living in seoul. besides conventional, there is chemical, biological, nuclear. a lot of weapons are in covert facilities. the nukes are mobile and hard to track. underground bunkers make wiping out weapons nearly impossible. 28,500 american troops are
it s a matter of time. we have to assume the capability exists to attack the united states. dirty minutes. that s how long it would take an enter an intercontinental missile to reach los angeles. an american first strike would likely trigger one of the worst mass killings in human history. over 10,000 artillery tubes and 20 million people living in seoul. besides conventional, there is chemical, biological, nuclear. a lot of weapons are in covert facilities. the nukes are mobile and hard to track. underground bunkers make wiping out weapons nearly impossible. 28,500 american troops are stationed in korea with another