risk of saying something that gets interpreted one day and even drives the community in the other. they need to be thoughtful, but they need to be open about what they release. thomas altshuler, thanks for your input. the united states now sending 600 troops to poland and three baltic states. the first group arriving today with everyone likely in place over the weekend. russia announcing it will send troops to the cass caspian sea. they say it s no training exercise, it is a message to russia, get out of eastern ukraine now. since russia s aggression in ukraine, we have been constantly looking at ways to reassure allies and partners. this isn t the first time that the 173rd has done exercises with these countries. there s a relationship there.
or sightings found by any number of military planes that take up into the skies every day, scouring for any signs of mh370, all those sightings so far having been ruled out. erin mclaughlin reporting live in perth. joining me, thomas altshuler the vice president at teledyne marine systems. welcome. good morning. good morning. let s talk about this possible debris, an object of interest. it washed up onshore. a long piece of metal with rivets. should we be at all optimistic about this? i think we need to be cautious. the first thing we said it a lot. we said it about the acoustic noise. the ocean is full of stuff. i m going to say stuff because it has acoustic energy in it, things that have fallen over ships, things that have washed offshore. there s a lot of material in the ocean. so it s not outrageous that it would be completely not