what happened today during daylight, because it gives you the best satellite imagery, they go ahead and conduct what they go ahead and conduct what they call battle damage assessment the acronym vda that occasionally appears in the newspapers and on locations. bda. but it must have reflected that the radar site that we ve been hearing about for a while, it s a maritime radar so it s designed specifically to track ships that are transiting the red sea. so, what you see is that they must ve concluded that they must ve concluded that they were satisfied with the damage or the hit that was conducted on that site, so that gets the meritorious benefit of being hit again. gets the meritorious benefit of being hit again. crosstalk. can i ask ou, being hit again. crosstalk. can i ask you. do being hit again. crosstalk. can i ask you. do you being hit again. crosstalk. can i ask you, do you think being hit again. crosstalk. can i ask you, do you think it - being hit again. crosstalk.
that was perhaps assessed that the original mission did not meet its target? absolutely. i think that meet its target? absolutely. i think that that meet its target? absolutely. i think that that radar, - meet its target? absolutely. i think that that radar, again, l think that that radar, again, was either damaged or was certainly not knocked out but it tracks maritime traffic, so it tracks maritime traffic, so it would have passed on that information, the tracking information, the tracking information, to the missile command in control and that would have led to the launch of that missile. so, it s not a surprise and hopefully, this time around they will get the radar site. time around they will get the radarsite. in time around they will get the radar site- radar site. in the bigger icture radar site. in the bigger picture here, radar site. in the bigger picture here, what - radar site. in the bigger picture here, what do . radar site. in the bigger. picture here, what do you
hello, i m sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. we start with new us military action on the houthi movement. the pentagon says american forces struck a houthi radar site in yemen. it comes a day after the us and uk led coalition attacks on locations across yemen. us officials say it s part of an effort to degrade the houthis ability to strike red sea shipping. president biden responded to reporters at a coffee shop in pennsylvania where he gave his first on camera statement about the strikes, calling the houthis terrorists and warning against more aggression in the red sea. inaudible question. no, iran does not want a war with us. inaudible question. i think they are. were the strikes successful last night, sir? yes. very i don t think there s any civilian casualties that s another reason why it s a success.
providing resilience. the locations of the deep space radar capability, or dark for short, have still to be agreed, but one of the sites being considered by the us space force is in the south of england or scotland, as well as in texas and australia. it may prove controversial but the government has made clear it wants britain to be in the vanguard of efforts to keep space safe. we can now speak to todd harrison, who s director of the aerospace security project at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you so much for your time. why build such a large radarsite? how time. why build such a large radar site? how unusual is it a try and do something like this? it s actually not that unusual. this is something that has really been expected, and needed for quite a while, and it s not so much for military purposes, although it will help enhance our collective security in space, it s really more