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Active members of the military. they could potentially go down 100,000 or so. >> yes. eric: 440 to 450,000. colonel, look at our adversaries rivals, enemies. china, 2.2 million active duty members. that is five or six times more. north korea, 1.2 million. russia, double, 800,000? we would be below, ready for this, we would be below turkey. turkey has 510,000. we would be egypt, 43thousand. would be above miramar, 40thousand. what does it mean the united states of america has basically the same troop level as turkey? >> eric. that is a critical point. obviously when you're talking high-tech war...

Familiar for this region. while it is feared there are no survivors families are waiting for any kind of word. of course this whole region has seen several incidents this year. malaysia air as well as craft shot down over ukraine in july. another which disappeared over the sea back in march. no trace of that. hopes are this aircraft will be found. back to you. >> greg, hopefully the families can get a sense of closure coming days. greg palkot in london. adam: i want to expound what greg said here. this plane took off from 5:30 in the morning from surabaya. singapore is hour ahead. at 32,000 fe...