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Today's news comes after the ukrainian government accused russia of shooting down an su-5 attack jet on wednesday, and earlier this week, a ukrainian target plane was also shot down amid reports that rebels had seized soviet missile systems capable of bringing down aircraft. although no group has claimed responsibility for today's tragedy, investigation of what type of weapon was used and by whom has just begun. joining me now is editor of the interpreter and author of foreign policy, michael. there was a claim of credit early in the day. what happened to that? >> the claim was made by the sel...

Fewer horses and bayonets. because the nature of our military has changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. we have these ships that go under water, nuclear submarines. so the question is not a game of battleship where we're counting ships, it's what are our capabilities. >> so the question is what's really going on. what do the numbers actually show? cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is here with the true politics. let's cut through the noise, the politics and spin. what are we talking about in terms of cuts to the military? break ...

Cuts in military spending, this includes shrinking the u.s. army to preworld war ii levels and retiring the a-10 attack jet. he will submit his 2015 budget approval to congress next week. hollywood is mourning the death of harold reimus. he co wrote animal house, caddyshack, the list goes on. he died from complications due to an autoimmune disease. he was 69. a pilot kept his cool and managed to land his small math in ft. myers, florida after a bird did that. shattered his cockpit window mid flight. he was going about 170 miles an hour at the moment of impact. he's had several close calls ...

There's a lot more happening tonight, susan hendricks is here with a 360 bulletin. >> a mysterious illness has caused polio-like symptoms in children in california. right now there is no hope of recovery. the cases go back as far as 2012. all of the patients were vaccinated for polio. defense secretary chuck hagel is recommending massive cuts in military spending, this includes shrinking the u.s. army to preworld war ii levels and retiring the a-10 attack jet. he will submit his 2015 budget proposal to congress next week, where he will face opposition from republicans. hollywood is mournin...

Jon: china flexes its military muscle, showing off the first closeups of its next generation attack jet. it's the j15 flying shark, designed for the first chinese aircraft carrier which they are still building. what does all of this say about china's military might and potential? let's bring in retired u.s. navy captain and fox news military analyst chuck nash. first of all chuck what's the purpose of putting out pictures like these? >> i think what they're doing is rather than trying to play a game and hide it, they're coming out, laying their cards on the label and -- on the tail and saying ...