Coastal city of sinpo, home to north koreas submarine base, u. S. Pacific command saying it was a failure, almost immediately after launch. And what i have experienced in the past when im inside this count country, its never reported in the statecontrolled media. Of course a successful launch would be a lead story with pictures of the north Korean Leader overseeing the event. Given that this appears to be this test appears to be a failure, probably most north koreans, the vast majority, will never know that it happened, ana. And, will, explain the difference between this failed launch and an actual nuclear test. Reporter so north korea has conducted a number of Missile Launches since the beginning of last year, three dozen missile tests. Its fairly easy for north korea to fire these. They probably dont have a warhead inside the trajectory, has them falling in the waters off the korean peninsula. There was a simultaneous missile
launch last month where three missiles landed within 200 n
In paula hancocks. Paula, the fifth Nuclear Test North Korea appears to have conducted and the most powerful one and coming on the heels of President Obamas visit to asia. Reporter thats right. The timing certainly is interesting, john. The fact is north korea announced on staterun television saying they successfully tested the Nuclear Warhead and they can put that on any one of the Ballistic Missiles. It is impossible for the world to verify that specifically in washington and seoul and tokyo. In the past hour, there has been an intelligence briefing for lawmakers here in seoul. They have said they believe north koreas goal is to mount a Nuclear Warhead on a scud missile. Remember 28,000 u. S. Troops in south korea are here now. This is going much quicker than expected. Intelligence says north korea has advanced quicker than expected. There is large interest around the world in china and japan and russia condemning the nuclear test. It shows that kim jongun is determined to forge ahea
one think tank says it s already seen a russian transport ship. i would look for sniffer planes to take samples of the air to see if there are in radioactive elements. i would also look for mother ships, recovery ships, submersible, deep-dive robotic equipment. that will tell you what they re trying to recover and at what depth. reporter: another critical signal experts say we should be watching out for is whether vladimir putin continues to try to develop this nuclear-powered cruise missile. experts are concerned that since he s tried to build at least one, heed my try to manufacture hundreds, even thoughs more, which they contend is a bad idea. multiple nuclear weapons experts have told us, putin should scrap this missile. it s simply too dangerous. brian todd, cnn, washington. brian, thank you. and take a look at this video.
say western intelligence agencies are likely scrambling to see what kind of recovery teams the russians are sending to that area off their northern coast. and studying satellite images and communications intercepts to see how seriously they are treating the explosion. one thinktank says it has already seen a russian nuclear transport ship on public satellite photos. i would look for sniffer planes to obtain samples of the air, to determine if there s any radioactive elements. i would also look for mother ships, recovery ships, submersibles, deep dive robotic equipment. that will tell you what they re trying to recover and at what depth. reporter: tonight, another critical signal that analysts say we should watch out for is whether vladimir putin continues to try to develop this nuclear-powered cruise missile. experts are concerned that since he s tried to build at least one of these things, he might try to manufacture hundreds or even thousands more, which they contend is a bad ide
have seen from tokyo in response to that sixth nuclear test has been the decision to deploy its sniffer planes in order to monitor the air in the region to see if there has been any radioactive material. that sort of underscores just how close the potential threat from north korea is to japan. the posture in japan is always a defensive one. yes, they do regularly engage in military drills with the united states to enhance its defensive posture, but you don t see this kind of show of force from certainly the japanese military that you are seeing right now from south korea s military. they are, though, very much focused on the threat that north korea has continued to present. don t forget, this is something that japan has been dealing with at the forefront for weeks and months as we see kim jong-un regime take on this ballistic tests. we ve seen so many missiles splash down in the waters off of japan, not to mention the latest intermediate range missile that