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Thompson, the vice chief of space operations for the space force, listen to what he had to say about it. >> the fact that in essence on average, they are building and fielding and updating their space capabilities at twice the rate we are means that very soon, if we dont start accelerating our development and delivery capabilities, they will exceed us and 2030 is not an unreasonable estimate. >> i mean, that is just nine years away, and a big part of the reason that the space force was created w...

Estimate. >> that is quite a statement. and that is just nine years away. >> is this sense of urgency making a difference? because weve heard space force officials warn about this, but capabilities in space as well, offensive capabilities in space. do they have the sense that this is moving the dial here in washington? >> part of the reason the space force was created of course was on to speed up this acquisitions process. right now all these panelists are pretty much in agreement that the burea...

A top u.s. space force says china could overtake america by the end of the decade. chai that is developing its space capabilities at twice the rate of the u.s. cnns kristen fisher is joining us on this. that is quite the statement here. what does that mean for the u.s.? >> quite the statement and it means that the u.s. is going to need to move very quickly in order to maintain u.s. superiority in space. over the weekend, i moderated this space panel at the reagan national defense forum and every...

On saturday, making sure we have the technology in place to better defend this nation against threats such as the kind of threats that can emanate from places like russia and china. and when you cant start new programs and you cant again -- you dont have that money to spend on that sort of investment, it absolutely will affect your capabilities going forward. another question that i missed. okay. let me go back to the phones here. louis martinez. >> caller: hi, john. thank you for taking my ques...

U.s. bases, this is the type of kamikaze drone they have been using. no americans have been killed but it is only a matter of time. they are cheap, they are ubiquitous, the chinese make them. azerbaijan wiped out their enemy in a matter of weeks with these weapons. they have the capabilities to change the outcome of a war. they talked about the precisions. >> it is ability to be incredibly precise by aiming to reduce the collateral damage significantly. this is the next generation of intelligent...

Available to us. we need to be able to take those options, whether it is providing ukraine with anti-air and anti-tank capabilities, with radar, missiles or whether it is looking at stationing more u.s. troops within nato countries around ukraine or if it is action by nato itself. this is serious. the president should know how serious it is. the russians recently did a test, i guess you could say, in taking out a satellite in space. obviously it was very irresponsible what they had done because ...

Administration as well as previous administrations continue to provide security assistance to ukraine again. im not going to get ahead of the media, but we have provided millions of dollars with the assistance to ukraine the last ten, 11 months. it has included antitank weapons absolutely but nonlethal assistance as well. as you heard the secretary say, you know over the weekend, we will continue to look at that and nothing has changed about our commitment to making sure that ukraine has what it...

There is room for diplomacy here to reach the best possible outcome. >> reporter: thanks, tom, how it is reassuring nato eastern flank allies about this russian troop build up and the specifics of additional rotations or capabilities? there were is a lot of promise with nato allies, but what was he doing? >> john: abraham, first of all, you are right. we are reassuring allies and partners in nato across nato, not just eastern flank but certainly eastern flank of commitment to them and the allian...

External Affairs Minister (EAM), S Jaishankar while addressing the 5th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) 2021 emphasized a number of significant geopolitical issues including the emergence of China and caution in the US power projection.

Tell me about yourself. i am the worlds first ultra—realistic artist robot. i draw using cameras in my eyes and my robotic arm. i am contemporary art and i create contemporary art. what brings you here today? im doing a poetry reading. ive written a poem in honour of the poet dante. i am here as part of an effort to take poetry out of a box and into the public space. eyes with tears in them and a desire to weep, who never see the light of day. dante is quite a complex and remarkable writer and...