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>> OKAY.
AND NOW AGAIN, JUST DEALING WITH
1500 MILES, EVEN IN PERFECT
CONDITIONS, A LOT OF THE SHIPS
THAT THEY'RE USING BY WATER,
THEY'RE MOVING MAYBE 10, 15,
MAYBE 20 KNOTS AN HOUR.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE DAYS FOR THEM
TO GET THERE.
THEY MOVE MUCH MORE QUICKLY BY
AIR.
ONE OF THE LUCKY BREAKS TO THE
EXTENT THERE IS ANY, WILL IS A
MERCHANT VESSEL THAT WE HEARD IS
IN THE AREA AND THEY WANT TO
HELP.
THEY MAY GET THERE FIRST.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO BE ON THE
WATER AND NOT JUST BY AIR HERE
OTHER THAN THE OBVIOUS TO, YOU
KNOW, VISUALLY IDENTIFY
SOMETHING.
>> YOU HAVE TO REALLY PHYSICALLY
SEE IT.
THE SATELLITE IMAGES ARE SAYING
THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE WATER.
IT IS A METAL OBJECT.
YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GET
PEOPLE THERE TO LOOK AT IT, TO
IDENTIFY IT AND THEN TRY AND
COLLECT IT WHICH WILL BE THE
NEXT PHASE.
>> WE'RE HEARING FROM MILITARY
SOURCES, THE REASON YOU SHOULD
HAVE CONFIDENCE ISN'T IN THE
SATELLITE IMAGE.
IT'S THAT IT SQUARES WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING.
REMEMBER, JUST QUICKLY, IT TOOK
OFF IN MALAYSIA.
IT CAME OUT INTO THE CHINA SEA
AND THEN MADE THIS, THEY
BELIEVE, ODD TURN TO THE WEST.
AND THAT WAS LAST TIME THEY
PICKED IT UP AROUND HERE.
HOWEVER, DATA FROM RADAR AND GPS
AND NOTABLY FROM THE THAI
GOVERNMENT, THEY STARTED TO
CREATE ARCS.
ONE CAME FROM THE SOUTH AND ONE
TO THE NORTH.
THEY GAVE UP CONFIDENCE IN THE
NORTH.
COUNTRIES SAID THEY DIDN'T FIND
ANYTHING THIS THEIR AIRSPACE.
THEY REVIEWED RECORDS, NOTHING
ON THE GROUND.
ONE OF THE ARCS GOING SOUTH INTO
THE INDIAN OCEAN LED THEM TO
THIS AREA WHERE THE SATELLITE
IMAGES THREE DAYS AGO SHOWED
THIS.
WHY THREE DAYS?
THEY HAVE BEEN STUDYING AND
ANALYZING THE IMAGES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL DAYS
FOR ACTUAL PHYSICAL
CONFRONTATION WITH THIS YOU
KNOW, GETTING THEIR HANDS ON
WHAT IT IS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THEY HAVE TO MOVE SHIPS INTO
PLACE.
THEY HAVE TO REALLY THEY'RE
FIGHTING CURRENTS AND WIND AND
WEATHER.
>> RIGHT.
WE'RE HEARING WHITE CAP WAVES
OUT THERE.
>> THAT'S A PROBLEM.
THAT'S GOING TO SLOW IT DOWN.
THERE IS PROGRESS.
THERE IS SUCCESS.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
WORK WITH THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES, THE
PRIME MINISTER CALLED IT THE