Challenges in their respective countries. That was part of the Navy League Sea air and space composition held at the National Harbor earlier this month. Okay good afternoon, everybody. Well let folks continue to wander in here. The music stopped and the mic went hot. Im assuming its time to start. Good afternoon and welcome to the last panel of the first day but i think in my opinion its the most distinguished panel of the day. And certainly its the most vital. Which is the international navys panel. We have the unique opportunity to hear from leaders of our partner navies, in this case three, their perspectives, challenges and efforts in in very dynamic and changing Global Environment which were all living in now and which has been discussed at some of the earlier panels today. Im rear admiral frank morely. And i have the privilege of moderating this very unique and critical discussion. So before i introduce our panel members, i want to offer just a bit of context to our discussion to
The search area has been significantly expanded and the nature of the search has changed. From focusing mainly on seas, we are now looking at large tracts of land extending over several countries as well as deep and remote oceans. Other she lights from this mornings News Conference with malaysian authorities, 25 countries are now involved in the search and the captains Flight Simulator is being examined, taken from his home. Planes pilots did not request to fly together. Malaysian authorities also say it is possible the plane was on the ground when some signals were sent and the ceo of Malaysian Airlines says there were no Hazardous Materials onboard. I want to bring in cnns Atika Shubert who is in kuala lumpur. Atika, what can authorities spent to get from the confiscated Flight Simulator from the pilots home . Reporter well, we dont know exactly what kind of a Flight Simulator it was at his home. It did seem to be something that you could sort of that he constructed himself, sort of
searching area. in addition to those, we have a p-8 poe sidon and p-3 orion, our long-range six-wing. they fly out of kuala lumpur. that s where we get our big coverage. they can fly out about 1,000 miles, even 1,200 miles, do a search with three to four hours on station time, then fly back. so that s our big coverage here for the u.s. navy and 7th fleet. and do you feel the need at this point for any additional u.s. assets or is it pretty much where we need it right now for what they re asking? i think we re about right about where we need it. 7th fleet is a large area. we have responsibilities from the international date line all the way to the india-pakistan border. then of course north all the way