and we should continue for at least a reasonable time thereafter. we don t exactly know when the pinger is going to go dead, it could be dead already, it could last another week or two after that. but we would want to deploy submersibles, side scan sonar, et cetera, to find it through submersible methods. but at some point, the u.s. and other nations will put back and leave this uninvolved. geoffrey thomas, so far the debris spotted has turned out to be trash. is it time to deploy more assets maybe under water? there are mores s assets com, there s more planes coming. but we should not underestimate the will of the australians and the chinese, particularly the political will to find this