Africa. So, i think we are seeing a perhaps unplanned, but none the less, an expansion of the chinese ability to deploy ships far beyond regional wars. But not necessarily to the indian ocean or persian gulf. No, they are doing some of that. Since december 2008 of course, theyve had to Counter Piracy formations in the gulf of aden. They are slowly beginning to deploy more and more ships into the indian ocean. The fact that earlier i guess last year, they sent a conventionally powered submarine, certainly has gotten the indian navys attention. The indian navy tends to take an exaggerated view but none the less we are seeing increased distance deployment by the chinese navy. On mikes question, if i remember my World History correctly, there actually arent too many cases of a continental power becoming maritime power. Soviet yoon ontried, failed. Were the only one. So, what china is setting for itself is not a small goal. On allens question, i agree that once you have the capabilities, th
Officials now say they know what happened to missing malaysia air flight 370. Th is a live look from a News Conference about to get underway. Any minute now, malaysian officials are expected to announce definitive evidence the plane carrying 239 people was hijacked and then taken off course deliberately. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. Ama dates is in the newsroom with the latest for us. Ama . Dan and carolyn, we are waiting for this News Conference to begin. We are told the Prime Minister is going to be making an announcement. Here is what what we learned so far in the last couple hours. A Government Official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the Malaysia Airline jet missing since last saturday. The official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. Now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. The boeing 777 commune cation with the communication was severed. Abc news learned there wer
Airline jet missing since last saturday. The official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. Now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. The boeing 777 commune cation with the communication was severed. Abc news learned there were several turns that took the jet toward the indian ocean leading to the conclusion a rogue pilot or hijacker was controlling the plane. If somebody is making a major heading changing it would impact the controls. They believe two key tracking devices were intentionally turned off in the cockpit. After disappearing from radar, sources say the jet was pinging a satellite every hour for four hours to a data Health System which means the plane could have flown 2400 additional miles in any direction. Now, the last known satellite data could narrow down the position of the jet. However, if the plane did crash into the indian ocean, it could be difficult to find with depths reaching 15,000 feet. I hav
Officials now say they know what happened to missing malaysia air flight 370. Th is a live look from a News Conference about to get underway. Any minute now, malaysian officials are expected to announce definitive evidence the plane carrying 239 people was hijacked and then taken off course deliberately. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. Ama dates is in the newsroom with the latest for us. Ama . Dan and carolyn, we are waiting for this News Conference to begin. We are told the Prime Minister is going to be making an announcement. Here is what what we learned so far in the last couple hours. A Government Official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the Malaysia Airline jet missing since last saturday. The official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. Now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. The boeing 777 commune cation with the communication was severed. Abc news learned there wer
crews demolishing construction site hit by a huge fire this week in san fransico looking at some of the tedious work going on. This is a whats left of the building is closed due to collapsing. Flames broke out tuesday. At under construction condominium complex tonight we have coverage. More on the evacuation and people getting to go back home. focus of work today has focused mostly been a demolition crews have been mostly tearing them apart. Fire department mostly has been pulled back and letting crews work but if the demolition crews find a hot spot the Fire Department will move in and take care of the hot spot. That happened an hour ago right behind me here. Letter truck deployed spring water onto a hot spot of the building. Has been going on. The heavy machinery has been tearing apart the building. Theyre taking bits and pieces and moving it over to an empty lot and the department as i mentioned has kind of been on standby in case theres any problems. at this point were looking for