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>> thank you. thank you. are you tracking any other similar objects at this time? >> i'm not aware of any other tracks. >> i know you said this was due to a civilian aircraft threat. but why not wait until it is over warmer water where you could more easily recover -- >> it wasn't heading over warmer water. it was heading over the arctic. it is not very warm. >> thank you, karina, thank you, admiral. one question on today's incident and then one on a separate subject if i may. given how little was known about this object, at the time that our forces shot it down, is it safe to say that when the president ordered that it be shot down he did not know whether it was a manned or unmanned object? >> we were able to get some fighter aircraft up and around it before the order to shoot it down.