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Old so far 8viet migs, those fi jets right? >> that's exactly right. one of the other things you can do a lot of things with smaller equipment. manned-portable systems like the stinger. you can actually carry it. it's five feet long. has a range of five miles and it's designed to take down aircraft. it's highly effective. the stinger and other missiles of its type, from other countries can be used very effectively by even relatively untrained troops that are fighting on behalf of ukraine. and the other thing that of course we have is the javelin. this goes after the tanks. this an anti-tank gu...

Objectives is to essentially block ukraine from access to the black sea. >> that is correct, boris. this is one of the things we can't overemphasize, you ask what areas am i concentrated on, one and two, absolutely. but the big thing is the coastline right here. this has not been covered by the russians. >> odesa. >> this is odesa. this is the major port city. if odesa falls that in essence land locks ukraine and puts it in say circle of russian forces and what happens there, they can't have direct access to the sea. that becomes a huge issue for any economy. any country trying to get entry in...

Aligani of afghanistan. it severely undermines the peace effort in the afghan government. >> the president while a candidate was really very critical of telegraphing plans for u.s. troops. he certainly is telegraphing a lot. listen to what he said about iraq. >> all i want to do is be able to watch iran. we have an unbelievable and expensive military base built into iraq. it's perfectly situated for looking at all over different parts of the troubled middle east rather than pulling up -- >> colonel laeighton, what do yu understand him to be saying? >> i think what he's saying, fredricka, is th...