nenoksa should depart the territory of the village from august 14th. what planned military activities? well, a local tv outlet reported today, according to the new york times, residents had been told they had to get out because something was going to happen at that nearby military base where the explosion had happened. something was going to happen there between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. wednesday morning, tomorrow morning, so people had to be out of there before that window of time before lord knows what was going to happen at the site of the disaster and nobody could be in a nearby town. quote, the possibility of evacuating the area raised the question of whether authorities see a continuing threat from thursday s explosion or if they may be preparing to retrieve the radioactive source, potentially posing new dangers. quote, on saturday, one russian state news agency said the explosion on the test platform had knocked the scientists who died into the sea, suggesting the reactor or wh
drones, other boats, even missiles already been fired. the weapon will be deployed on a ship for the first time later this year. it is being tested in san diego. joining me now, peter brookes, former cia officer, a retired navy commander, senior fellow for national security affairs at the heritage foundation. thank you, peter, for being with us. good to be with you. jamie: we always know we are giving our troops the most advanced, best technology, everything they need to get the enemy. how advantageous will this be? i think it is great. i mean in some ways it is like star wars. you re talking about lasers. these will be deployed just on a test platform, not throughout the fleet yet. this is new technology to deal with emerging threats. even better i think, jamie, is the fact in these toughies call times it may be quite cost effective. so lots of good news out there. it isn t a proven technology yet for the entire fleet but we re moving in that direction. jamie: i know the navy is