they do go after u.s. military targets -- i know you're saying we don't want to get into a tit for tat. but perhaps that's already begun. and how does the u.s. respond at that point? >> well, you know, we say we don't want to escalate, and that's important. we don't want to escalate. what we want to do is cut off the escalation. we want to take away their ability to retaliate. and we want to re-establish deterrence. so, as much as we can do, we're going to take out the assets that they might be considering or they might use for retaliation. and we're going to do it in a way that is proportionate to the increased risk of the larger picture, not just the risk of one missile coming at us, but what it means for global shipping in the red sea. so, proportionate response here means heavier than what comes at us in order to cap it off and stop it. that's what we -- i'm assuming that's what we're planning to do. that's what we did with the