were some communications or talk -- to try to talk that down -- >> we are on the leading edge of coalition operations. we're the united states under general hamm in africa command. he's in charge of this at this point. and in the coming days, we intend to transition it to a coalition command. >> can you say how many british ships were involved compared to the u.s. ships? >> we had one british submarine. >> and the rest were all u.s.? >> yes, ma'am. >> and the number of that? >> i don't have that in front of me, any of the exact numbers. >> how sophisticated was this air defense system compared to iraq's, iran's and even going back to vietnam? you studied these systems and the public would like a sense of that, i think. >> this is integrated missile and air defense system much like the one that iraq had and that surrounded baghdad. built on older soviet technology