more about this than me. but i think we're likely to hear about some mobility forces, forces that are able to move rapidly being part of this package. >> and on that point, general, just for context, when is the last time we saw nato forces mobilize in this level on european soil? >> well, there are exercises every year, bianna, and if you're saying mobilize in terms of a crisis, we have not seen this. the nato reaction force mobilized during the afghanistan withdraw, they had forces there, but it was a relatively small package. you're talking about a much bigger potential even though that nrf has not been called to actually conduct exercises yet, but truthfully these kinds of mobilizations and flow as b barbara said, it is interesting because these things happen all
missing airliner may have flown for several hours after the last radar reading was taken. the hunt for the missing airliner is expanding to the west. the u.s. navy may send a destroyer to the strait, leading to the vast indian ocean where the white house now says a new search area may be open. during a search of clouded confusion and false leads turning into dead ends, anxious families grow even more desperate. we're taking a look at the role of the malaysian government giving conflicting accounts and holding back critical information. we have the kind of coverage only cnn can deliver. our correspondents are standing by along with our analysts and experts. let's begin with barbara starr. she has new information. b barbara? >> wolf, u.s. officials are working with malaysians and there are pings, signals that they believe very strongly came from this aircraft as it was
b barbara, the intel was quote/unquote unlikely to face opposition. >> absolutely, kate. this is a huge intel failure. with my experience back in the '90s, that was one of the things that was impressed upon me, special operations forces need to have exact detail, excruciating detail, when it comes to the intelligence they get. we need to know things like which way the door knob turns in a particular building. you know, that kind of detail. and, obviously, that detail was missing in this particular case. we should have had in essence persistent surveillance as the pentagon term for it over that particular area when that team was there. hard to do in practice, but that's certainly something that lessons learned that general hertling referred to will certainly point to. and that lack of persist the surveillance i'm sure contributed to this disaster. >> and admiral kirby, general