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Including seven children. they laid it out for us about a half an hour ago. lucas tomlinson on the attack and what went wrong. lucas? >> neil, august 29th an american reaper drone was orbiting high over kabul targeting in a white toyota corolla, which the u.s. military thought contained isis fighters. when it launched a hellfire missile destroying the car, it killed seven civilians that were children. >> its important that i emphasize that we did not have the luxury of time to develop pattern of...

0 ahead of that messaging before the science had before that regulators were on the same page with them. >> john: , and on the immigration front, the mayor of del rio, texas, is on the extraordinary pictures. they declared a state of emergency in his town. thanks for being with us on this friday >> martha: thanks, john and jacqui. a lot of breaking news. im martha maccallum in new york. any moment now, there you can see the podium is set up at the pentagon. a huge development breaking right now ...

Its a stain. you have to to understand, were talking about a matter of days for this thing. for the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. one of the ways that i think about this is, we do, as do other countries, drone strikes. when we do a drone strike, we send a cruise missile or a hellfire missile into a family, and we kill the grandmother, we kill the kids, we kill the neighbours, we kill whoever happens to be around. thats not a stain? you know, in my mind, capturing someone, questioning...

There were two reports, actually. yes. thats the one i want to pick up on, though, the one that was chaired by the democratic senator, dianne feinstein, and she said that "these are a stain on our values, the us values, and our history." so do you not have any sympathy with that kind of argument? although what you did was authorised, because it was approved, but nevertheless it was a stain. i have sympathy for it, but i reject the idea that its a stain. you have to to understand, were talking ab...

Executed by joe biden. to keep my father dropped on the top of a mountain in took out a terrorist camp that is the mother of all bombs, he took out the entire top of a mountain bird guess what, they really quickly figured out that donald trump wasnt playing around that america wasnt going to be messed with and they werent going to be disrespected, its called peace through strength. even if all the soldiers had evacuated bagram, they still wouldnt of done what they were doing because they know do...

Executed by joe biden. to keep my father dropped on th top of a mountain in took out a terrorist camp that is the mother of all bombs, he took ou the entire top of a mountain bird guess what, they really quickly figured out that donald trump wasnt playing around, that america wasnt going to be messed with and they werent going to be disrespected, its called peace through strength. even if all the soldiers had evacuated bagram, they still wouldnt of done what they were doing because they know don...

Congressman from california who serves on the house armed services committee. thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> i want to talk about this drone attack. does it buy u.s. troops any time here to complete the evacuation? obviously the president says it wont be the last. do you have any knowledge about what more we can see in the future? >> well, were certainly going to see additional drone strikes into the future. the president has been very, very clear, he is not going to let...

The Air Force wants to invest in state-of-the art, long-range weapons that are better-suited for operations in the Pacific. To do so, the services 2022 budget cuts spending on the kinds of bombs it used to fight terrorist groups like ISIS. The Air Force will buy fewer Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs; Hellfire missiles; and small-diameter bombs as it prepares to invest in state-of-the art, long-range weapons that are better-suited for operations in the Pacific, according to its fiscal 20...

By   May 27, 2021 07:46 PM EDT (Photo : Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) The AH-64 Apache, made by McDonnell Douglas, is one of the most fearsome American attack chopper ever built and is used with major US allies. Nothing is pretty about the AH-64 Apache because it is designed for close air support (CAS) like the A-10 Warthog, and go in deeper and closer to crush enemy assets, engage delay tactics, and disrupt adversaries on the ground. Once done, the chopper leaves ...

The U.S. Army’s Upgraded Hellfire Missiles Are True Killers They have a larger arc, can course correct, and can also be fired from both Apache helicopters and Stryker vehicles. Heres What You Need to Know: Initially conceived of as a kind of counterinsurgency weapon, the Hellfire could also become useful in a great power war. An Apache helicopter-fired Hellfire missile can typically hit ranges as far as eight kilometers, a targeting scenario which opens up significant opportunities for st...