willing to back them up? absolutely, pete. that s most of it. what iran is saying look, you know who has our back? our big brother bully china. the same china that flew a spy balloon across the country a couple of weeks ago. they have our back. the level of disrespect to the u.s. and our allies is increasing. if you look at what china is doing now. threatening us with consequences for having a warship in the islands in international waters. why wouldn t they threaten us with that? what happened last week when russia shot down a reaper in international air space over international waters. joe biden capitulateded. we are not flying our drones farther south to avoid being too provocative that s calling
town ? lling towilling to back them ups absolutely. that s that s that s most ofok it. i mean, essentially what iran is saying is , look, you back? who has our back, our bigr bi our big brother bully china, e a who , by the way, methe same cha china that flew a spy balloon across your country in front of. all of your citizens a couple of weeks ago. they ve goout our back. to the it s the level of disrespect to the us and our allies is increasing its if you lookg at what china is doing now, threatening us with serious consequences for having a warship on the paracel islands in the last two days,lad you knows , in international u waters, why wouldn twith they threaten us with that? because what happened last week when russia shot down an mqr in nine reaper that was in internationa joairspace over international waters, joe biden capitulated. we are now flying our dronesdros farther south to , quote, avoid being too provocative. that sng t that s called backini
american fighter harassing international air space, tonight in today s confrontation between russia and the west. one in which moscow is already fighting a hot war in europe and just during the cold war it s actively trying to subvert pro western governments. we have a 360 exclusive on a russian document laying out one such plan to effectually topple a country besides ukraine an indications that the scheme already started. first, what that video tells us in new details on the upper accepted. cnn oren lieberman high over the black sea, it pointed backwards, a russian fighter jet closing fast on the much slower mq 9 reaper, the russian jet begins dumping fuel, the vapor and spinning propeller clearly visible in the video. the russian fighter flies by on another pass dumping fuel once again the jet comes even closer
over the area anywhere from 14 to 34 hours gives a distinct advantage in terms of intelligence. how do we protect them and how do scramble jets when we see russian aircrafts going after the kind of harassing actions they ve done in this case mr. secretary it does appear as if russia recovered some debris, describes it as pieces of fiber glass or small bits. in your opinion, does this peeler hold value to the russians well, according to the pentagon, most of that information all of it even was deleted and stripped from the from the reaper, so would they be able to reconstruct the capabilities of the reaper? i don t think that s crucial. the russians aren t totally without engineers and specialties in terms of constructing these type of things, i don t think that s a big issue as far as we know.
of fiber glass or small bits of the drone. in your opinion, does this material hold any kind of value to the russians? well, according to the pentagon, most of that information, or all of, it even, was deleted and stripped from the reaper. so, would they be able to reconstruct the capabilities of the report? i don t think that that is crucial. the russians are not totally without, you know, engineers and specialists, in terms of conducting or constructing these types of things. i don t think that s a big issue, as far as we know. i think the bigger issue for me is whether or not we should start replacing the mig 20 nines. the polls are now going to give the ukrainians, replace him with the f-16s, so that they can put more aircraft into ukraine. secretary cohen, general hertling, always a pleasure to speak to both of. you thank you both so much. thanks,. now, as if to really underscore the stakes at play here, a three 60 exclusive. new reporting that repeals the existence of a r