SUBMARINE.
WE HAVE NEW IMAGES FROM THAT, 
WHICH U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE 
CLEARLY BEEN EXAMINING 
CAREFULLY.
HE IS SEEN POINTED AT A NFL 
LAUNCH, WHICH NORTH KOREAN 
OFFICIALS SAY HE ORDERED, 
BEAMING WITH PRIDE.
TONIGHT, KIM JONG-UN'S REGIME 
CLAIMS IT SUCCESSFULLY TEST 
LAUNCHED A BALLISTIC MISSILE 
FIRED FROM A SUB.
ONCE U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS THIS WAS
NOT A REAL BALLISTIC MISSILE 
TEST BUT A SIMULATED FIRING.
ANOTHER SAYS THE U.S. IS LOOKING
AT WHETHER IT WAS PHOTO SHOPPED.
>> FIRST, WE SEE THE WHITE THAT 
INDICATES THE MISSILE DID 
PENETRATE THE WATER AND LATER, 
WE SEE THAT THE MISSILE FIRED 
ITS ENGINE.
THIS TO ME INDICATES THERE WAS A
SUCCESSFUL MISSILE TEST.
IT WAS NOT JUST A TEST OF THE 
EJECTION SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: NORTH KOREA COULD 
HAVE A FULLY OPERATIONAL 
SUBMARINE WITH A BALLISTIC 
MISSILE WITHIN FOUR OR FIVE 
YEARS.
RICK FISHER SAYS EVEN IF THIS 
TEST WASN'T ALL IT CLAIMED TO 
BE, NORTH KOREA COULD STILL PUT 
NUCLEAR WARHEADS ON THESE 
MISSILES, COULD HIDE THE 
MISSILES ON MERCHANT SHIPS AND 
FIRE THEM CLOSE TO THE U.S. 
COAST.
U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THEY 
BELIEVE NORTH KOREA HAS AN ICBM 
THAT COULD REACH THE U.S. WEST 
COAST.
THIS TEST CAME ON THE WEEKEND 
KIM WAS EXPECTED IN MOSCOW FOR 
VLADAMIR PUTIN'S CELEBRATION OF 
THE END OF WORLD WAR II.
BUT RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SAY KIM 
BACKED OUT FOR INTERNAL REASONS.
>> THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN 
NORTH KOREA IS NOT SETTLED AND 
INTERNAL SECURITY FOR KIM 
JONG-UN IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY 
BEFORE HE VENTURES OFF INTO A 
FOREIGN TRIP ABROAD.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL MADDEN SAYS
KIM IS STILL DEALING WITH THE 
FALLOUT WITH THE ENEMIES HE MADE
INSIDE NORTH KOREA WHEN HE 
EXECUTED HIS POWERFUL UNCLE AT 
THE END OF 2013.
>> I STRONGLY SUSPECT HE HAS NOT
ATTAINED COMPLETE LOYALTY, NOT 
FROM MAYBE SENIOR ELITES, BUT AT
THE MID LEVEL.
HIS UNCLE HAD A
