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Iran shoots down a u.s. military drone in a, quote, clear message. the united states, the country says it does not want war but it is ready for war. the u.s. says the drone was hit by a missile in international airspace in a critical place right over the strait of hormuz disputing iran s reports that the aircraft was actually over iran at that point. that s the same stretch of water where two tankers were attacked last week. to be clear, this is not a small drone. the global hawk is thereply 50 feet long, has a swing span of nearly 130 feet. it is the largest drone aircraft in the united states arsenal. we are covering this from washington and tehran. let s begin with cnn correspondent barbara starr. this was flying very high. it s a $150 million aircraft. what can you tell us about how it was taken down and how there s any precedent for this ....
This meeting will probably be a time, a discussion about specific actions. let me say three things. number 1, there s no question based on what i heard about the intelligence. it was international airspace. i think that s what the other countries of the world believe. number 2, this is not a little drone like a household drone. this is a big the size of an u.s. airline in terms of swing span. this is a significant drone that didn t have people on. neil: you think they knew this, that it was a drone? that s what we re hearing. it was high altitude. that makes it worse. neil: yeah. number 3, this is an international issue. the reason that drone is there, the reason that the united states has increased our presence is because we re keeping those sea lanes open in ....
The drone has a swing span of a boeing 737 and cost $180 million. iran says this was meant to send a clear message to washington. those that defend the borders of iran will react in a total and decisive way by any foreign elements on our land. our borders are our red line. as for the american red line, the pentagon says there will be a response if u.s. forces are targeted. there s a concern that if a larger conflict erupts, key allies could be threatened. israel faces threats in hezbollah and lebanon. netanyahu called on the international community to stand together against iranian aggression. in last 24 hours, iran has ....
a there is your new air force one. i m doing this for other presidents not for me. you know it s a much bigger plane. bigger wing span. in fact, we added things. and i got 1.6 billion off the price. acknowledging. that of course president trump giving a sneak preview of his proposed redesign of air force 1 which would swath the white and blue paint job to red, white and blue. democrats said not so fast because they hate freedom. requiring congressional approval for all changes. republicans saying the democrats are doing this to poke at the president. democrats say congress, too, should have a say in how air force one looks. so there. a final decision on the plane s paint color and design isn t due until 2021. it may not be changed if the president fails in his re-election bid next year. so, what do you think about ....
It apparently happens frequently. it apparently now happens with the chinese air force as well. but this thing that happened on monday, it was a little bit beyond the pale, because this russian fighter jet flew up to the much larger american spy plane, flew up at a high rate of speed and apparently it closed to within five feet of the american plane. five feet. do you want to know how far five feet is? i measured. it s this far, between these two. five feet. that s how close it got. i got a tape measure. that s my wing span. the u.s. military called that five-foot approach from the russian fighter jet, quote, unsafe and unprofessional. they actually said the russian pilot did not appear to be in complete control of his fighter jet when he closed to within that far of that larger american plane. that happened on monday. that itself was a day after the u.s. military shot down a syrian fighter jet and killed a syrian ....