attack.
cnn's tom foreman takes a closer
look at how the u.s. is beefing
up protection against north
korea.
>> the pentagon is acknowledging
that north korea is becoming
more of a global threat because
of the speed at which it is
developing its missile program
and its nuclear weapon program.
how does the military want to
respond to this?
at the front line, by going to
the pacific ocean where the fear
is that north korea on its best
day might be able to launch a
missile that would go all the
way out to hit some parts of the
united states.
what are they going to do about
that?
first of all, they want more
radar support.
they want a new base in japan
here, to be tracking early on
what's happening.
they want to beef up missiles in
alaska and california and of
course they want steady
monitoring from ships at sea,
from airplanes overhead and from
satellites, all watching to see
if north korea is going to
launch at some point our way.
how would that work?
if north korea launches a
missile,...