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Miles, you heard the commander they re sending in a second p 8 aircraft. do you believe there are enough assets on the ground, on the water, in the air, given how large the search area is? no. no. given the size of the search area, the current weather and expected weather fall into winter i don t think there s nearly enough assets there. there s another 10 or 11 p 8s in the u.s. fleet. there s 120 p 3s. why not send an aircraft carrier down there? the george washington is sitting in japan right now. you could put it close on station. they don t have aircraft that are ideally suited for search and rescue. the p 8 can t land on an aircraft carrier. it s a land-based aircraft. but there s the e 2 and c 2. both aircraft have long-range off the aircraft carrier. they re not set up for this. and then of course helicopters. you could get a lot more eyeballs on scene just by doing that. and i m sure that this is one of those things that the u.s. navy doesn t want to barge in on this. ....

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