the targets were between 10 and 20, and they hit their targets both an air base in the south and the not quite. i mean what was the point? i know you say the drones were a distraction, but what was the point if you then saw a coalition coming together of americans, britain, france, arab countries getting involved, jordan namely jordan in israel s defense? well, in fact, that increases the scope of the failure because these drones were downed by a huge number of very advanced missiles. so iran was able to gather intelligence about what the americans and israelis have, their radar systems, their missile defense capabilities. and they re also able to empty their stocks with a bunch of very old drones that iran had in stock. and also the missiles that iran fired were two types.
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capable destroyer showing up in the region and for us to ensure that we made a note of that and that the world knows the presence of that capability sent a message in two directions. first and foremost it shows support for our allies for japan and south korea. this is a highly capable platform that has very significant radar capabilities as well as interception capabilities on board that vessel. it also is sending a message to china. china was uncomfortable when we sent additional missile defense capabilities to south korea as well as sending those capabilities to japan. this is enhancing our regional missile defense capabilities and i think that one of the key efforts and messages we re sending is to china to say you have to continue to work this problem because china doesn t like this increased additional u.s. presence and this particular capability being so close to them.
moscow is no indication that president putin is going to make that change in direction that president trump talked about, turning away from the dark path supporting assad. no indication that there s going to be any movement from moscow as general mattis, secretary of defense mattis said, that the situation should now move toward peace talks in geneva. no indication of that at all. we ve heard from president putin, we ve heard from the ministry of defense. the ministry of defense, in fact, is almost doubling down in their support for assad, saying that they re considering now upgrading his missile defense capabilities. so they d be better prepared for another scenario like this. president putin has said that these actions or strikes destabilize the situation as the country was beginning to recover and get out from under the threat of terrorists. he called for a u.n. security council emergency meeting later. we re due to hear from the foreign minister here in a couple of hours time. i t