weapon. the chinese are working on them. so this is a very sensitive matter for the pentagon. and they decided not to talk about it right away. let it pass for a couple weeks before they acknowledge that they did finally have a successful test. john. barbara starr, appreciate the important reporting from the pentagon. bar barbara, thank you very much. despite what we re seeing in bouche cha, the russian military calls it fake and staged. well, when we come back, new satellite images prove otherwise.