THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> DAVID, THANK YOU.
TENSIONS WITH IRAN REACHING A
FEVERED PITCH.
THE DECORATED NAVY VETERAN THAT
LED THE GROUP THAT KILLED OSAMA
BIN LADEN, HE HAS A NEW BOOK
OUT.
ADMIRAL, GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> YOUR REACTION TO THE NAVY
TAKING DOWN THIS IRANIAN DROVE?
>> I COMMEND THE COMMANDING
OFFICER, HE ABSOLUTELY TOOK THE
RIGHT STEPS, RIGHT MEASURES.
HIS FIRST PRIORITY IS TO PROTECT
HIS SHIP AND HIS CREW.
WITH THAT IN MIND, I HAVE GOT TO
BELIEVE THAT THE AIR SEARCH
RADAR PROBABLY PICKED UP THE
DRONE SOME WAYS OUT.
THEY KNEW THE DRONE WAS COMING.
HAD THE DRONE PRESENTED A REAL
THREAT TO THEM, IMMINENT THREAT,
CAM KAZZIE STYLE ATTACK, MY
THOUGHT IS THEY WOULD ENGAGE IT
WITH A CLOSE IN SYSTEM.
WHAT THEY CHOSE TO DO WAS TO JAM
THE LINK TO THE DRONE THEREFORE
CAUSING TO IT CIRCLE DOWN AND
CRASH IN THE WATER.
THAT WAS THE RIGHT STEP THAT,
WAS THE WAY TO DEESCALATE THE
PROBLEM AND TAKE CARE OF THE
SHIP AND THE CREW.
>> ON SCREEN WE'RE SHOWING THE
TECHNOLOGY THEY USED.
I SHOULD NOTE THAT IRAN'S
FOREIGN MINISTER HAD THIS TO SAY
EARLIER, LIMIT'S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR
ESCALATION, WE'RE NOT LOOKING
FOR A WAR, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR
CONFLICT.
BUT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD
STOP TARGETING IRANIAN PEOPLE,
THEY'RE TERRORIZING OUR PEOPLE,
TARGETING ORDER IRAN
YANCYVILLEIANS.
THAT'S WORSE THAN WAR.
>> YOUR REACTION, ADMIRAL?
>> DO I THINK BOTH SIDES NEED TO
TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC.
WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE
IRANIANS FOR DECADES, THE
PERSIAN GULF.
I'VE BEEN FLEW THE STRAITS OF
HORMUZ.
THE NAVY KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH
THE IRANIANS, WE KNOW TO ENSURE
THINGS DON'T ESCALATE.
A MISCALCULATION ON THE PART OF
EITHER SIDE WITH K. BE A
PROBLEM.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THE LATE '80s,
THE U.S. WARSHIP THAT SHOT DOWN
AN IRANIAN AIRBUS, 290 PEOPLE
KILLED, THESE ARE THE THINGS I
WORRY ABOUT MORE THAN GOING TO
WAR.
THE UNITED STATES GO DOES NOT
WANT TO GO TO WAR WITH IRAN.
THE IRANIANS DON'T WANT THE
UNITED STATES TOWNS GO TO WAR
WITH THEM, IT BENEFITS NO SIDE.
WE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL HOW WE
APPROACH THIS, RECOGNIZE THIS IS
THE WAY BUSINESS IS DONE IN THE
GULF, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO TEST
US, I'M JUST CONCERNED AS WE
CONTINUE TO RATCHET UP THE
RHETORIC THAT IT WILL SERVE
NEITHER SIDE WELL.
>> AS A LONG-TIME NAVY SEAL YOU
LED OR BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY
DANGEROUS MISSES.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE LEVEL OF
READINESS IN PREPARATION OF
THOSE SAILORS, BEING IN THE
STRAIGHT OF HORMUZ WITH THE
TENSIONS WITH IRAN?
>> EVERY TIME YOU TRAJS IT
THROUGH THE SFRATS OF HORMUZ,
HAVING DONE SO A COUPLE OF
TIMES, THE SAILORS AND THE
MARINES ONBOARD WELL ELEVATE
THEIR READINESS, THE COMMANDING
OFFICER MAKING SURE THEY ARE AT
PEAK READINESS IN TERMS OF THE
WEAPONS SYSTEMS, WATCH
STANDARDS, EVERYBODY PAYING
CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT'S
KOMZING FROM THE IRANIAN SIDE.
AS THEY MAKE THAT TRANS IT NOT
ONLY THEM BUT THE OTHER SHIPS IN
THE READINESS GROUP, THEY WILL
BE POISED TO DEAL WITH ANY
THREAT THAT MIGHT BE COMING AT
THEM.
THAT'S WHY AS I SAID BEFORE, THE
NAVY KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH
THESE THREATS, WE'VE BEEN DOING
IT FOR DE CATS, WE NEED TO
HANDLE IT THE WAY THE SHIP DID
TODAY, INSTEAD OF ENGAGING WITH
WEAPONS, ENGAGE WITH IT A
MECHANISM THAT CAN DELINK THE
DRONE, CAUSE IT TO CRASH, AND
NOBODY IS WORSE FOR WEAR.
>> PICKING UP ON THAT THE FACT
IT WAS JAMMED, IS IT GOOD TO
DEMONSTRATE TO THE IRANIANS THE
U.S. HAS THE TECHNOLOGY EDGE?
>> I THINK IT IS.
NOW, THE IRANIANS KNOW THIS.
OUR MILITARY IS FAR SUPERIOR TO
THE IRANIANS, ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO PICK A
FIGHT WITH US.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS BY
SHOWCASING THIS TECHNOLOGY IT
PUTS THEM A LITTLE BIT BACK ON