by air by bombers, b-1 and 2. and by land we hear about the minute man that would be a ground base intercontinental missile with a nuclear warhead. the general may not be known to our viewers but he s one of the commanders. strike that come has a mission that is vital to the united states s national defense and that is the overall nuclear deterrent. the u.s. has about 1500 nuclear weapons deployed around the world right now but they re used in a deterrent way. the hope is if an advair like russia or china were interested in attacking the united states, they d say, well they have nuclear weapons, they could unleash the most powerful weapon known to mankind on us and the hope is that will deter them from using it.
is accessible only by air or sea, u.s. officials speculate they may seize a slice of eastern ukraine by military force in order to provide a land bridge directly from russia to crimea richard engel tweeted these pictures today, refusing to allow ukrainian troops to supply their own military base in eastern ukraine. this is a picture of the militia milling around outside and blocking access to a ukrainian base. this is not in crimea, this is not where russia has supposedly taken over. this is a new place, this is eastern ukraine. this is the part of the country that vladimir putin said he has zero interest in and he s not planning on taking. president obama says this is not going to be an american shooting war against russia over the issue of ukraine. president obama also said that what russia is doing is unacceptable, secretary of state
quoting nbc news tonight, crimea is accessible only by air or sea, u.s. officials speculate they may seize a slice of eastern ukraine by military force in order to provide a land bridge directly from russia to crimea richard engel tweeted these pictures today, refusing to allow ukrainian troops to supply their own military base in eastern ukraine. this is a picture of the militia milling around outside and blocking access to a ukrainian base. this is not in crimea, this is not where russia has supposedly taken over. this is a new place, this is eastern ukraine. this is the part of the country that vladimir putin said he has zero interest in and he s not planning on taking. president obama says this is not going to be an american shooting war against russia over the issue of ukraine. president obama also said that what russia is doing is
the use of chemical weapons and how that cannot go unresponded to by the international community. really, anderson, we re trying to use physical destruction to create a mental effect. amenti aia aial a mental eff the mind of assad and the iranians, as well. if this is a short duration assault conducted by stand-off weapons, air or sea launched cruise missiles. i m a 39-year air force veteran. the last thing i want to do is suggest we put american airmen in the way. but if our message is to show resolve and our response is to use only stand-off weapons for a short period of time and not put americans at risk, i think we re sending a decidedly mixed message. fran, do you agree with that? i do agree with that. i understand the idea of using a stand-off weapon not having u.s. personnel
really, anderson, we re trying to use physical destruction to create a mental effect. a mental effect in the mind of assad and in the minds of the arraign yans as well. if this is a short duration assault conducted by stand-off weapons, air or sea launched cruise missiles. i m a 39-year air force veteran. the last thing i want to do is suggest we put american airmen in harms way. but if our message is to show resolve and our response is to use only stand-off weapons for a short period of time and not put americans at risk, i think we re sending a decidedly mixed message. fran, do you agree with that? i do agree with that. i said from the beginning, look, i understand the idea of using stand-off weapons not having u.s. personnel flying jets that could get shot down if captured? right.