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Take another drones and cruise missiles and also can take out smart bombs. a very sophisticated weapons system. >> how difficult to, say, move around and get into position. >> it's on a vehicle of a sort that has a turret at the top and there are four missiles that can be in the top of the system. this is what great -- wet, not great but has a 72,000 range capacity and has a radar system that can detect any object that is coming within range. so it can start tracking it in this case the aircraft was at 37,000 feet. win the range. it has a laser system that can track past the target, has an opt...

Day, i believe, they ran over a 20-foot boiler. and they had a book and sort of a famous scene where they looked it up. so the sonar was involved in the search for "titanic." but the actual sdoidiscovery, i think, was purely optical. it's a wonderful story. and -- and very, very luckily for ballard, he found it. >> you said purely optical? >> yes, sir. >> so then, do you think any sort of optical equipment would be better for the search for flight 370? >> well, not really because we all imagined that the sonar would find those contacts. and if you think about the amount of area that you can se...

Luckily or cleverly as you might imagine, within three days, they ran over a huge debris field. you remember, titanic, of course, was huge. so there was a lot of stuff on the sea floor. and ultimately, on the third day, i believe, they ran over a 20-foot boiler. and they had a book and sort of a famous scene where they looked it up. so the sonar was involved in the search for "titanic." but the actual discovery, i think, was purely optical. it's a wonderful story. and -- and very, very luckily for ballard, he found it. >> you said purely optical? >> yes, sir. >> so then, do you think any sort ...