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Like this. it is a five-foot-long missile. its range is five miles. about the same as the starstreak. altitude up to 12,500 feet depending on which type of stinger you he's. this is a heat seeking anti-aircraft missile. the starstreak will definitely get the job done for the ukrainians. >> it will definitely get the job done? . >> absolutely >> would that mean more misses if it's not heat seeking? >> potentially, yes. there is some training that's required. but the amount of training is not as much as you would think for a weapon system that is actually quite sophisticated. . >> could i ask yo...

Missiles to ukraine. >> in response to the ukrainian request, the government has taken the decision to explore star streak anti-air missiles. it will remain within the definition of defensive weapons and allow the ukrainian forces to better defend their skies. >> so what are we talking about with these missiles? let's take a closer look with retired air force colonel cedric leighton. the starstreak, what is that? . >> it is a british miss hill, brianna, designed to be a man-portable anti-aircraft weapon. it is very high-speed, greater than mach 3, up to mach 4. it can be used on a variety of p...

Delano roosevelt to your country and our allies in oil and food and weapons to face the nasties, do you see a similar -- nazis, to you i -- see a similar type of program happening now? can there be more brought in to ukraine, as much as possible? >> well, we were very grateful as a country for american assistance in world war ii, and that fundamentally cemented the special relationship. lend lease might be an option, but i don't know that we actually need to go down that road. what we're doing at the moment through various hubs is getting very serious defensive equipment into ukraine. we, the ...

What's the difference, though, between supplying stingers and javelin missiles and starstreak missiles versus, say, jet fighters, or having a no fly zone. >> something like the mig-29, it is a man platform, usually with a crew of two. some have an aircraft of one. the f-16, the american variant here, would be something that is also used by the polish air force as a replacement for the mig-29. both are manned aircraft. the way these things are perceived is if it's a manned platform, that means the parties are more engaged in the actual war. whereas, with missiles like the starstreak, not manned...

And if we gave them these planes they would know what to do with them. so president zelenskyy, his whole game is a moral imperative. he talked about a no-fly zone. sources in kyiv told me everyone in ukraine realized that america would not impose a no-fly zone because that means war with russia and it was designed to create the pressure, the highest level as possible, and therefore the second highest level ask, jets or the sophisticated anti-aircraft systems, would a compromise. so he's look, he's a strategic president. he's doing what he needs to do to protect and defend his country and indee...