Thousands of satellites watch the world from above. We offer a mystery story about an infamous North Korean video, a team of very observant researchers, and a search for the truth.
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see you again soon. be for now, we turn our attention to north korea and what appears to be a major escalation of its illicit weapons program. the launch of the biggest icbm ever made by the north and the first such test in five years. this intercontinental ballistic missile was launched vertically, stayed in the air for 71 minutes reaching a maximum altitude of more than 3,700 miles. traveling higher and longer than any previous missile test before crashing into the waters between north korea and japan. if fired on a standard trajectory, experts believe the so-called monster missile could travel more than 8,000 miles. placing over the continental united states within range. south korea responded to the launch with a live fire test of its own missiles from land. a fighter jet and a ship. and along with the u.s. and japan, condemned north korea for violating u.n. sanctions. when we come back, chemical warfare in ukraine sparking all sorts of warnings which are growing louder. warnings
developing icbms, a charge which will have little impact on kim jong-un. state media released these images of kim, apparently overseeing the launch, the first test of an icbm in five years. the so-called monster missile is part of what kim says is his nuclear war deterrent system. here is why this launch is cause for concerned. it was fired straight up, vertically, reaching a maximum altitude of more than 3700 miles, stayed in the air for 31 minutes, traveling higher and longer than any previous test before crashing into the waters between north korea and japan. if it was fired, it speculated it could travel,000 miles. kim made it clear this was a show of strength directed at the u.s. in the past, several threats have been downplayed by u.s. defense officials, pointing to the country s missile defense system as stopping it. but now some experts are saying that might not be the case. will ripley has details.