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Irving Shipbuilding has commenced the construction of the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) fifth Harry DeWolf-class Arctic and offshore patrol ships (AOPS), the future HMCS Frédérick Rolette.
A lot of fighting has happened. it's clearly all destroyed. in one of the scenes that's coming up here i think in a little bit, you see the soldiers firing right there. you're going to see some really close combat, or at least the closeness of, you know, some of the firing that goes on there. so this shows you the danger of what is actually happening here. it is something where it's a matter of inches. it kind of reminds you of stalingrad in world war ii. there it is right there. this is the kind of, you know, close quarters where they're firing out there. then you see a grenade go in and the ...
What supplies can we get quickly enough and lethally enough to odesa, the trick of getting it to odesa, which is a long way from the polish border. >> right. >> and secondly, has there been any discussion of a potential blockade of the russian ships? in other words the ships that are there now in ukrainian waters, a blockade to prevent them from getting out. in other words you are here, you are going to stay here until you die? >> yeah. so, mike, what we have not seen any sign of an imminent assault on odesa by the russians. they have economically block aided the port. you are right about that...
Fighters, four carriers, many more surface combatants. the military capable of nato is very, very significant. in addition to bordering russia and belarus and moldova, they border hungary and romania. the a second has authorized the united states military to increase our readiness in the event we have to reinforce or assist our nato allies. war is not inevitable, as the secretary said. the right answer here is a diplomatic solution. i look forward to your questions. >> thanks, general. we'll turn to questions now. we'll start with leta. >> reporter: thank you both for
93 squadrons of high end fighters, four carriers, many more surface combatants. the military capability of nato is very, very significant. in addition to bordering russia and belarus and mal dova, there are four nato members. the president and the secretary of defense have authorized the united states military to increase our readiness in the event we have to reinforce or assist our nato allies. war is not inevitable as the secretary said, the right answer here is a diplomatic solution. i look forward to your questions. >> thanks, chairman. we'll turn to questions now, and start with lita. >> ...