doing this for a conflict that may never happen. technology could push u.s. navy fighter jets farther back from the battlefield. a is developing a missile with enough distance and accuracy to hit a moving carrier. in order important the american ship to launch planes against china, it would have to sail in range to the df-21-d missile. this is not an easy thing to do with mobile platform. but the chinese are putting together the satellites, other ground base ed sensors. reporter: he studied china s military for the u.s. government. neither side wants to take on the other. each side has to be wore bead that possibility. reporter: military relations between the u.s. and china have been rocky. on wednesday, china s top military officers said there is still a gaping hole between us. a flight deck is full of armed fueled aircraft. hit it with a missile and that
this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of hopes, which has seen many protests in recent weeks. it was posted to youtube. cnn cannot verify its authenticity or when it was shot. but one opposition activist told cnn on friday that the security forces fired straight in crowds of demonstrators and the syrian human rights information link reported a mounting death poll throughout the day. a simila