imagery that shows they are continuing to build up around here. straight across the water, across the sea of azov, we have seen satellite imagery of ten new strike bombers based in russia. they could get here in no time. at the same time, that same set of satellite imagery is showing that some 60 new helicopters have arrived in crimea, being based at an air base that hasn t been used in around 20 years. so that build-up is continuing. as you know, it has long been thought that putin has wanted to join crimea which he seized eight years ago with the russian mainland. that would come right through here. we are about 35 miles from the russian border, even closer to that area of fighting where russia has been backing separatists against ukrainian forces the last eight years. all right. stay safe. thank you. let s go now to erin burnett live in lviv. both the ukrainian website one
at least 10 russian su-34 strike bombers. general, what do you make of this, satellite images coming out on a day where we re going to pull troops out where they have done their military exercises. it s like the magician, wash both hands, it s the hand you don t see that s got stuff going on. what s happening in cry imea, a an intel guy i would go to the boss and said, i don t want to try and confirm this and only look at this course of action we need to worry about but i want to worry about this for a second. we need to do something about it. he s got strike bombers, the sus in crimea. they weren t there before. he s got hero helo, transport and attack, and the naval task force in the vicinity of crimea in the black sea. what that tells me is this reinforces the notion of increasing the presence in the dombas, and expanding it into the direction of the river.
surprised that critical infrastructure i ve been reading about these oil fields for decades as the key, the linchpin to their oil output. why were they so vulnerable when billions have been spent on u.s. patriot missile batteries, on other defenses? why were they so vulnerable to attack? is it because of the asymmetry of these low-flying cruise missiles and the drones? that s one way to put it. there s a shift in military warfare that s been going on for some time, kind of similar to the shift from big heavy weapons systems, those massive aircraft carriers, long rage strategic bomb bombers. we often think about the strategic triad for the delivery of nuclear weapons as being submarines, strike bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, massive, that strategic triad. what s emerging is a new strategic triad, which is