>> yeah, i think so. it's a -- i think it's like a maritime order. when you have a ship in trouble you go help it. this is not under that order but i think that this is where the united states is proven to be available for whatever it's needed for, even if there were only a few people involved in that plane. >> what joe's piece in the story didn't mention is these are mainly military assets being used and as a former military pilot, what do you think of that, mikey? >> i think it's the best equipment for the job, don. when you look at the state of the art technology like the p-8 that only initial operating capability only last year and has the state of the art equipment on it. there isn't anything i can see in the civilian world that will have that kind of equipment and be able to deploy those assets as long as they have. we heard the other day that there were 133 missions that were known. you have the australian air crews flying around the clock.