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Done without having boots on the ground? >> i think it is proof of that. one of the things biden says when we left afghanistan is you could do over the horizon attacks on places to diminish terrorism, and this is a perfect example of it. we have the intelligence, we have the capability. we executed it. the other thing thats important about it is here is a president of the united states who values the intelligence community, the previous guy used to make fun of the cia and the intelligence commun...

Ability to land a tax abroad has been enormously reduced, being eclipsed by other groups like isis, though the us tonight claimed ayman al—zawahiri still posed a threat. ayman al—zawahiris presence in afghanistan, which the us claims the taliban tried to cover up after the strike, will though raise questions about whether that country is once again becoming a sanctuary for those planning attacks, and whether the us will be able to maintain the capability to go after its targets as it managed...

Flying over taiwan, which are meant to enhance the capability to defend the china sovereignty and territorial integrity. for at least a year china has been frequently flying warp rains desmet warplanes into the zone, which is different from the sovereign airspace, incursions put pressure on taiwan to scramble their own outages to one away the chinese aircraft, the recent drills conducted by the pla and the operations are likely planned in advance and unrelated to a possible visit to taiwan by na...

Putin is warning his navy will respond with, quote, lightning speed against anyone who undermines russias sovereignty. so part of this was a threat from putin to use hyper sonic cruise missiles. remind us of the capability of these missiles. >> yes, what he was talking about was cone missiles. this is a new part of russias arsenal which has been building up since the invasion of crimea in 2014 and what we saw then. we know theyve used hyper sonic missiles in ukraine. the missiles were used in ma...

Theyre launched from ships and submarines. this is a growing sophistication we see in russias arsenal. how worried should we be? theyre not in service yet, should take another few months. we dont know theyre going to be deployed near ukraine. this is a message not only to the u.s., which it said was one of the key threats in the maritime space and also to nato, an expanding nato on russias borders but also a message to the russian people this navy day celebration, a real chance to stir up patrio...

>> hopefully we understand its stressful to be an elite athlete. but some athletes have a level of stress that other athletes cant even imagine. >> for paralympics you have to classify with doctors. >> ive heard about that a little bit. is it as annoying, whats the word, shitty as it sounds? >> its a lot of extra added stress, not only are you worried about how youre going to be performing, youre are you worry that people are going to poke and prod at you. almost make you feel like you dont belo...

Keep providing the arms we have at a rate that will allow the ukrainians to continue to oppose and sustain the kind of counteroffensive that youre talking about. the spirit is there, the will, the fight is there. they have to have that capability. on balance, you know, i think the ukrainians will succeed. i just think its going to take a long, long time to do that. that gets into, you know, what should the united states do? what does the eu do in terms of willingness to suffer to make sure this ...

>> it is one of the beautiful things about being in a free society, people can come and go as they please. >> i think so. >> of their own volition. the military also believes as has been reported recently that the timeline for some kind of military action by china in taiwan has shortened. there was a belief it was still years away. ive seen some estimates now that has it within the next 18 months. does that coincide with what youre hearing? >> it seems that the chinese government is putting vari...

Oppose and sustain the kind of counter offensive that youre talking about. the spirit is there. the will to fight is there. they have to have that capability. so on balance i think the ukrainians will succeed. i just think its going to take a long, long time to do that. then that gets into, you know, what should the united states do whampt does the eu do in terms of willingness to suffer to make sure this never happens again. i think thats the case. if you dealt with the baltics, estonia, latvia...

Satellites, when they die on these orbital highways, theyjust keep on going at these very fast speeds. some of the relative speeds between satellites that are crisscrossing each other is like 15 times the speed of a bullet. so thats pretty gnarly to think about. and, yeah, every once in a while, two of these things find each other in space at these very high speeds, collide and break up into very smaller pieces and that sort of stuff. and most of the things that could damage a satellite thats pr...