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Cheap. the pentagon recently announced it will spend nearly $8.5 billion for 90 of these single-engine stealth jets that can take on competitors in the air as well as targets on theor ground. >> you know its been criticized for the expense, the cost. is it worth it? >> i think its worth every single penny. the only reason i can say that ive flown f-16s for 20ce years and i flown the f35 and this is the airplane i would want to take to combat with me. >> jon: why? >> its because of the stealth of...

>> jon: the f35 doesnt come cheap. at the pentagon recently announced it will spend nearly $8.5 billion for 90 of these single-engine stealth jets that can take on competitors in the air as well as targets on the ground. >> you know its been criticized for the expense, the cost. is it worth it? >> i think its work tell mike worth everything a penny. the only reason i can say that his lifelong f-16s for 20 years and i flown the f35 and this is the airplane i would want to take to combat with me. ...

And russian forces. both have aircraft operating there. both conducting air strikes. they want to prevent any accidental clashes. the russians are increasingly crossing that line without warning, flying over the euphrates river which separates the two forces multiple times, sometimes as many as eight times a day were being told. in this instance the flights were so concerning that u.s. scrambled f-22 stealth jets to intercept the russian fighters and fired warning flaring, something unusual in t...

About two dozen u.s. stealth jets were among hundreds of aircraft conducting air combat exercises in south korea. the air force says the exercises of part of the annual war games with south korea every year, not in response to any incident or provocation. north korea on its state-run media warned the u.s. week-long exercises could bring it to the brink of war. keir simmons joins me. this is the largest deployment of stealth fighters to south korea but these exercises are different in other ways,...

Because it seems frankly pretty impressive. >> reporter: well, it is. its impressive enough for the north koreas to be describing it as a grave provocation escalating situation, they say, to the brirng nk of nuclear war. and the north korea media news agency then going on to say its happening at a time when, quote, insane president trump is running wild. as you mentioned, though, hallie, it is, at the same time, an annual exercise that the air force says is not in response to any incident or pro...

>> the u.s. and south korea lawnching major joint and air drills. the so-called vigilant ace exercises involving hundreds of aircraft including a couple dozen american stealth jets. u.s. officials note these sorts of drilled happen every year and are not in response to action by north korea. but they do come a week after north korea launched a long range missile which the north koreans claim can strike anywhere in the united states. a senior u.s. official said the missile broke up when it reente...

But as you mention, this is an annual exercise. the air force says is not in response to any incident or provocation. around 12,000 u.s. military personnel, air force, navy and marine corps are taking part. 230 planes, including 24 u.s. stealth jets. so, yeah, this is a substantially increased exercise compared with previous years. but it comes at the same time as the presidents national security adviser is warning that north korea is inching towards war. >> its immensely important that we work ...

From new york, thank you so much for your time. >> you bet. also, in new york, world leaders are gathering at the united nations where north korea is expected to take center stage. secretary of state rex tillerson this morning addressed the north korean provocations. >> secretary tillerson, what kind of pressure do you hope will be put on north korea this week on the world stage? >> well, well have plenty of opportunity to talk about that with many, many international leaders and i think the u...

President xi jinping. china of course is key in having sanctions be effective because of the trade and energy that flows between the two countries. latest set of measures that was voted on by the u.n. security council, the toughest set yet, still had to be watered down in order to secure the necessary support from china and russia. so the subtext to that, stephanie, is that sanctions are at their max. even nikki haley is admitting that its going to take some time to see them through. so add into...

We have to respond. >> reporter: officials say north korea still has to do a number of things before it can hit the united states. one is hit a target. two, have a reentry vehicle to provide a trip back to earth from space. and, three, miniaturize a nuclear warhead and place it atop a missile. sandra, north korea has had a record-setting pace of missile tests. they want to achieve those goals with these tests. >> sandra: all right lucas tomlinson, thank you. lucas, by the way, north korea and th...