ON TUESDAY NORTH KOREA CLAIMED TO
HAVE CARRIED OUT ONE OF ITS MOST SUCCESSFUL MISSILE TESTS BACK IN
THE 1990S.
IN THIS CASE IT WAS THE FIRST TEST OF A MISSILE
CAPABLE OF STRIKING IN THEIR WORDS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
THAT PART IS STILL UP FOR DEBATE.WHAT THEY
MEAN THERE IS
IT WAS PURPOSEFULLY FIRED AT AN ELEVATED ALTITUDE SO THERE
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A CHANCE THAT MANY COUNTRIES WOULD'VE THOUGHT
THEY WERE BEING ATTACKED.
BUT THEORETICALLY IT COULD HAVE.
IF
THAT RANGE COULD BE REACHED, IT IS AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILE.
IF IT HAD THAT RANGE IT COULD NOT ACTUALLY HIT THE VAST
MAJORITY OF AMERICAN STATES.
THIS IDEA THAT IT COULD STRIKE
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IS RIDICULOUS.
IT COULD STRIKE A
NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, OBVIOUSLY SOUTH KOREA,
JAPAN, WHICH IT CAN ALREADY REACH.
SOME US BASES COULD BE
STRUCK BY THIS NEW TYPE OF MISSILE.
WHAT COULD IT ACTUALLY
PUT ON ONE OF THESE MISSILES?
NORTH KOREA HAS CLAIMED IT CAN
PUT A HEAVY WARHEAD ON THE MISSILE THAT COULD SURVIVE THE
EXTREME TEMPERATURE OF REENTRY WHICH IS OVER 16,000°.
SO THEY
SAY THEY CAN, BUT IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY ARE LYING.
IT WOULD BE
TOO HEAVY AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE MINIATURIZATION TECHNOLOGY
CAPABLE OF PUTTING A SMALLER NUKE ONTO THIS MISSILE.
MANY
ANALYSTS BELIEVE THAT WITHIN FIVE YEARS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
DO THAT.
FOR ALL OF THE LIMITATIONS AND GRANDSTANDING,
THIS IS SCARY AND IS A NEW THRESHOLD THEY HAVE NOT
PASSED BEFORE.
>> BEFORE WE GET ONTO TRUMP'S REACTION – FIRST WHEN THEY SAID
IT COULD HIT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME
CHANCE NORTH KOREANS BELIEVED THE WORLD WAS ABOUT 5000 MILES.
SO THAT IS WHY IT IS HARD TO TRUST NORTH KOREANS BECAUSE THEY
PUT ON INSANE PROPAGANDA.
SO IT IS HARD TO TAKE THEM AT FACE
VALUE.
I THINK THEY CAN PUT A NUKE ON IT NOW.
BUT IT IS DEEPLY
CONCERNING THAT THEY ARE NOW HAVING ICBMS.
>> THIS IS A SCARY TOPIC, BUT ALSO INCREDIBLY INTERESTING.
ONE
OF MY FAVORITE STATS ABOUT ICBMS IS THAT DURING REENTRY AS IT IS
THE SORT THAT THE US USES, IT CAN BE TRAVELING UPWARDS OF MACH
21 WHICH IS 4 1/2 MILES A SECOND.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
IMAGINE IF WE WERE NOT PUTTING ALL OF OUR BEST MINDS INTO
DESTROYING EACH OTHER?
WHAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISH.
IT IS NOT
BELIEVE THAT NORTH KOREA HAS THE CAPABILITY TO DO THIS SORT OF
MISSILE WITH SOLID FUEL.
IT CAN BE A COMPONENT OF THE MISSILE,
JUST LEAVE IT AND THAT MEANS THAT IF SOME SORT OF CONFLICT
DEVELOPS A NUCLEAR WAR ERUPTS YOU CAN LAUNCH MISSILES.
WE
HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
A LIQUID FUEL MISSILE HAS TO BE FUELED
RIGHT BEFORE FIRE, WHICH MEANS IT TAKES TIME.
YOU CAN'T RESPOND
AS QUICKLY TO MILITARY CONFLICT THAT IT ALSO MEANS DURING THE
PROCESS USED TO PROTECT THE MISSILE BY SEEING BY BEING SEEN
BY SATELLITES.
A FEW MORE REASONS TO BE A LITTLE BIT LESS
SCARED, BUT THOSE HURDLES CAN EVENTUALLY BE OVERCOME.
>>I'M REALLY NOT CONVINCED THEY COULD HIT ALASKA.
THIS GUY
FAMOUSLY SAYS HE SOMETIMES HAS TROUBLE MAKING THE TOILETS
FLUSHING.
THE MISSILE THEY FIRED TO BLOWUP ALASKA WILL PROBABLY
BLOWUP IN THE MIDDLE AND HIT HELSINKI.
SEE MY POINT?
YOU CAN
DO UNTOLD DAMAGE.
LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE THAT APPARENTLY
NORTH KOREANS ALSO WATCH TYT.
>> WE HAD SOME MISSILE TESTS EARLIER ON THIS YEAR AND DONALD
TRUMP SAID THAT IF NORTH KOREA TESTS AND ICBM, THERE WILL BE
HELL TO PAY.
SO THEY HAVE DONE IT, OUR MILITARY ACKNOWLEDGES
IT.
HERE IS HIS RESPONSE – ON TWITTER OF COURSE.
>>COME ON, FIRST OF ALL EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIKE TO GIVE
CREDIT BUT I DID NOTICE YOUR RETWEET OF HIM.
YOU ARE ON TWITTER AND WATCH CABLE NEWS 24 SEVEN.
GLASSHOUSE HERE.
>>DONALD TRUMP IS OUR PRESIDENT AND MODERN PRESIDENTIAL IS YOU
APPARENTLY ACT AS THOUGH YOU ARE A STEREOTYPICAL TV SOPHOMORE IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
>> I THINK IT IS A REALLY BAD IDEA BUT IF YOU ARE A DICTATOR
THAT RUNS GULAGS, PROBABLY A GREAT IDEA.
>> I JUST HAVE TO REMIND YOU, THIS IS THE PRESIDENT THAT
PEOPLE SUPPORT BECAUSE HE IS STRONG.
IF THEY DO MOVE ON NORTH
KOREA, DON'T MOVE ON HER LIKE A BITCH.
THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY.
>>MAYBE CHINA WILL BUY NORTH KOREA SOME FURNITURE.
>>YOU CAN GET A LOT DONE WITH SOME FURNITURE.
>>AND THE TAPES HE SAID HE MOVED ON HER LIKE A BITCH BY BUYING
HER FURNITURE – THIS WAS THE ANCHOR.
BUT IT DIDN'T WORK, SHE
WAS MARRIED AND WASN'T INTERESTED IN THE FURNITURE.
BUT
I DO AGREE WITH THEM THAT CHINA IS PLAYING US.
I SAID THAT FROM
THE DAY TRUMP MET CHINA.
>>WHAT HE IS REFERENCING THERE IS THAT APPARENTLY HE HAS SOME
SORT OF INFORMATION ABOUT TRADE GOING UP BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND
CHINA AND SAYS THAT IS HIM PLAYING US.
THEORETICALLY
DIPLOMATICALLY HAVING INCREASED DIPLOMATIC TIES BETWEEN TWO
COUNTRIES CAN BE A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT LOWERS THE CHANCE OF
WAR.
I DOUBT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT WITH NORTH KOREA.
BUT IT IS NOT A BAD THING IN TERMS OF DIPLOMACY.
SIMULTANEOUSLY THIS IS THE ONLY INFORMATION WE HAVE FROM DONALD
TRUMP – FROM HIS TWITTER.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF
NUCLEAR WAR.
AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO USE THE INFORMATION WE
HAVE.
HE'S NOT THE ONLY PERSON FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT
RESPONDED TO THE MISSILE TEST.
THE GENERAL IN CHARGE OF THAT
REGION, US FORCES OF THAT REGION, SAID THIS.
SAYING THAT
SELF-RESTRAINT IS THE ONLY THING STOPPING US FROM ATTACKING NORTH
KOREA AT THIS POINT.
THAT IS STRONG AND ALSO SCARY.
IT CAME
AFTER MILITARY EXERCISE BETWEEN THE US AND SOUTH KOREA WITHIN 10
MILES OF THE DMZ.
WHERE WE ALSO FIRED MISSILES INTO THE OCEAN.
APPARENTLY IT IS A RACE TO SEE WHO CAN FILL UP THE OCEAN WITH
MORE MISSILES.
THERE IS REASON TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT NORTH
KOREA IS DOING AND WHETHER THEY CAN FIRE A NUKE AT US TODAY, OR
IN FIVE YEARS.
I WOULD SAY FIVE YEARS IS STILL WITHIN A POSSIBLE
SECOND TERM OF DONALD TRUMP.
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER DURING THE NEXT ELECTION.
>> IF HE IS AROUND FOR THAT.
I AGREE WITH HIM THAT THE CORRECT PATH IS TO PRESSURE
CHINA.
I'M NOT SURE IT SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF TWEETS.
>>OR IN THE FORM OF DONALD TRUMP.
>> I WOULD MUCH RATHER THEY DO THAT THEN GO TO THE MILITARY
OPTION.
YES, FIND A BETTER WAY TO PRESSURE CHINA BECAUSE
APPARENTLY THE FIRST TIME WHEN YOU JUST TOOK THEIR WORD FOR IT
WAS NOT MUCH OF A " DEAL."
YOU ARE JUST AN IDIOT THAT BELIEVED THE CHINESE LEADER.
>> HE SAID THEY WOULD GIVE US A GOOD DEAL.
>> THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE HE THOUGHT TWEETING TO CHINA WAS
DOING SOMETHING.
>>THE LAST PART THAT IS SCARY IS THAT SELF-RESTRAINT IS THE ONLY
THING STOPPING US FROM THIS WAR.
THE GUY IN CHARGE OF OUR
COUNTRY, NOT WELL KNOWN FOR SELF-RESTRAINT.
THAT IS WHAT
SCARES ME ABOUT TRUMP AND I HAVE SET IT FROM DAY ONE.
THE ISSUE I
AM MOST CONCERNED ABOUT TRUMP BEING IN CHARGE IS NORTH KOREA.
MIKE PENCE WOULD DO TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH AND WOULD REPEAL OBAMA
CARE AND WHAT DO ALL THOSE THINGS JUST AS MUCH AS TRUMP
WORD BUT HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T GET US INTO AN ASININE WAR WITH
NORTH KOREA.
HE WOULD GET US INTO A WAR WHERE HIS FRIENDS
WOULD MAKE MORE MONEY.
NOBODY IS MAKING MONEY FROM NORTH KOREA,
EVERYBODY IS DYING.
BUT THE GUY IN CHARGE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF
SELF-RESTRAINT AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF IT.
HE HAD TO HAVE THE CHINESE LEADER EXPLAIN IT TO HIM IN
OFFICE.
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