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Yet the air force has conducted 76 percent of the bombing missions over iraq. and the bomber tankers are fuelled also. and the navy in a now study commissioned by the secretary of the navy. they need 30 percent more ships right now, the u.s. navy is 273 ship and they need to grow to 355 ships. there will be attack submarines. the head of the u.s. pacific command. admiral harry harris needs more attack submarines. and he said he needs the submareaps to keep watch over the chinese and counter the growing chinese and military

United states in solidarity with south korea flew a nuclear capable b-52 bomber jet over south korea in a show of force. the move comes days after north korea's widely disputed claim that it tested its first hydrogen bomb which has been linked to the magnitude 5.1 earthquake the country experienced wednesday. commander of the u.s. pacific command admiral harry b. harris said in a statement, this was a demonstration of the ironclad u.s. commitment to our allies in south korea, in japan, and to the defense of the american homeland. joining me now from the white house is nbc news correspondent ro...

Such a self-fulfilling prophesy. >> reporter: there are serious concerns the u.s. navy may be out gunned by the chinese in these waters. >> china may station military aircraft on these islands before too long, naval or coast guard vessels off these islands. there is no question this buildup may facilitate the military capabilities that could in fact lead to a clash. >> reporter: i just corresponded with a u.s. navy official who said he did not interpret what the chinese admiral said as being a threat but heard the words mistakes or miscalculations about that meeting. american and chinese milit...

The pentagon is calling this a hard landing. it happened about 20 miles off the coast of okinawa during a training exercise with japanese. the h-60 helicopter came down on the tech of that u.s. naval cargo ship, red cloud. you can clearly see the tail broken in two. japanese patrol boats and helicopters were sent out to search for the helicopter crew at first, but that call for help was cancelled. u.s. pacific command said seven of the 17 onboard were injured. at least two of them, as i mentioned, japanese. all were taken to a u.s. military hospital on okinawa. frances, the cause of this is st...

Firm in cairo when isis kidnapped him on july 22nd. developing news now overseas. a u.s. military helicopter has crash landed off the island of okinawa in japan. 17 people were onboard the flight, seven of whom had to be hospitalized after the blackhawk chopper had to perform a hard deck landing on the u.s. navy ship red cloud. okinawa is an island 900 miles from tokyo that houses most of the u.s. military forces stationed in japan. nbc's kelly cobiella is following the story for us in london. kelly, any update on the condition of those injured? >> reporter: hi, frances, nothing so far from ...