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Acquisition and a new political appointee, assistant secretary of defense. >> we are in complete alignment with the president's concern about protecting our assets. >> reporter: at a rally in ohio donald trump hinted at more aggressive action in orbit. >> i'm talking tremendous defense capability, often to capability. >> reporter: the move to militarize spaces raised concerns about the terrestrial arms race but experts agree the us already confronts strategic threats. >> the fact is russia and china are actively developing anti-satellite weapons for a number of years. >> reporter: the trump ad...

Heart of st. petersburg. vladimir putin inspecting the vessels from his own presidential boat. then touting the advances of the country's naval forces. >> translator: the russian fleet successfully resolves the tasks of the country's defense capability, makes a significant contribution to the fight against international terrorism, and plays an important role in ensuring strategic parity. >> reporter: strategic parity means parity with the u.s. and its nato allies. russia showcasing a submarine nicknamed the carrier killer, designed to hunt u.s. aircraft carriers. a new stealth frigate and a sp...

Sanctions on russia, making sure iran is not going to get our dollars to buy weapons from russia. is that cozying up? i don't think so. >> laura: this is what president obama and president bush both said about the need for each member nation to pay his fair share. let's listen. >> the majority of allies are still not hitting that 2% mark. everybody has got to step up and everybody's got to do better. >> building a strong nato alliance requires strong european defense capability. so at the summit, i will encourage our european partners to increase their defense investments to support both nato ...

Arguments. >> the irony is that germany is increasingly aware it needs to stand on its own two feet in between a.d. increasingly friendly america under trump and russia. if they don't have the capability, they lack any serious measure of hard power to defend themselves, so i think a profound irony here is that is very much in germany's own self interests to build up its defense capability. internally the politics just keep getting the way every time. >> trump could offer to move the base to poland. >> and auditing the american troop presence lately in germany, very ostentatious. >> jon: nato w...

Terms of russian air defense. most of those are located here. those two sea ports here in the mediterranean. this is the distance the russians can reach with their capabilities that are indicated here. this is a mobile capemeability t they have. it is important to realize this mobility allows them to move that circular defense capability throughout the map. >> i want to tell you syrian state media is reporting they have engaged u.s. french and british targets. that's according to the syrian regime. take it for what it's worth. >> what it means is has been reported the capabilities are coming f...