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What does it mean for the US now that North Korea claims it successfully fired a long-range rocket?
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And this is another Fox News alert to what the world has been alert for on -- North Korea launching a long range -- so.
Is the latest move by -- very secretive country.
It is alarming world leaders around the globe Japan's says part of the rocket landed west of the Korean Peninsula and another part landed in or near the Philippines.
Retired army major general Bob scales joined despondent about the -- -- means there.
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But this is -- surprise because it extended the window until December 20 ninth for the launch of this -- do you know anything about at least the reported rocket how far the ranges if it's a successful launch.
Well nobody knows right now -- -- -- does not their release that the rocket is achieved orbit but that's not the issue.
The issue is that this would -- three rocket after four failed tips as -- all three of its stages by the works the rocket.
Fire all three stages and eventually.
Put some kind of payloads to almost due south over the Pacific Ocean what that means.
Is that -- after five attempts to north Koreans have finally bastard.
The science of a three stage rocket which means that they can develop a rocket tickets that eventually.
It could deliver a nuclear -- -- As far away is the West Coast of the United States group.
Last April they attempted says it failed.
And so something has changed between last April and now assuming that this was not a failure.
And of course my first suspicion is that they got some help from somebody.
Any thoughts on who might have helped -- -- think that they have fixed their technology or corrected their -- about themselves.
Oh no they haven't developed this on the around they've gotten help from many different groups states.
They've gotten help from stolen.
Scientific data from Russia they've got the help of the Pakistan -- They have some in house development remembered this is this and our rocket is nothing more.
Then the -- 1960s.
Era Soviet rocket on steroids where they actually built to additional stages to.
To an old Soviet rocket -- so so this is not terribly complex in generic what is important though is that they could put.
An object into orbit then if they can manage your eyes the size of a nuclear warhead that they -- reached the western part of the United States.
Does -- -- certainly have to be rock be accurate and to the north Koreans.
But it's and other ways that this that this criminal state can blackmail the west particularly Japan.
South Korea in the United States into doing their -- What so what am I knew what I mean what's caught me by.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Well I mean that lets face it the real make waited this whole thing is to China is the Chinese aren't happy about dips but what are their choices.
-- they -- Pull back their support for North Korea and watch this state collapsed.
And watch -- -- billions of refugees flooded to China and South Korea where they can offer minimum support to keep the North Korea regime a live look.
This is a critical state this is a -- state this is a state its only run.
To support this this.
This ruling trampling of the camps and the only reason I -- -- -- is not for scientific research but to.
Intimidate and blackmail the rest of the world so that.
Continue to get food -- -- fuel.
To support this failing regime from the other states in the region and so this is nothing more than.
As far as I'm concerned that most people is concerned this is nothing more than nuclear black -- Tennis -- the thing that is so profoundly bizarre about this and win on -- -- in the North Korea three times is the people of North Korea.
Honestly believe that we are still at war with them.
That -- Americans we want to kill them they think that every Saturday night that we're sitting around thinking how we gonna kill those North Korea it's everything they do is marching in step.
Having these nationalistic parades they are so certain that were coming for them any second that's what's so bizarre about this and all we want it right -- weapons.
Yeah let's also make a couple of other quick points Greta first of all they have an army of one point one billion.
But the equipment to this army really dates back to the 50s60s.
And increasingly.
The North Korean military is becoming ops becoming obsolescence it's not obsolete.
All they have left is.
The ability in theory at least to deliver a long range nuclear weapons -- the only thing to have -- it's legitimate and therefore this regime.
-- being propped up by this.
A -- this.
-- -- to.
-- -- -- the United States and to providing him of food aid Julie this is absolutely outrageous and it's time to the administration are believed to cut off.
All aid to North Korea and to pressure the Chinese -- -- And and we have much more talk about that another night just goes to the so much talk about the thanks very much for joining us serve.
Thank you.
