Rush to Walmart for Test X180 from Force Factor.
PETE: WE’RE BACK WITH A FOX NEWS
ALERT.
FOUR AMERICANS, UNFORTUNATELY,
CONFIRMED DEAD AFTER A U.S.
MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES DURING
AN OVERNIGHT NATO TRAINING
EXERCISE IN NORWAY.
THE MILITARY DRILLS WERE
REPORTEDLY UNRELATED TO THE
RUSSIAN INVASION, BUT
SURROUNDING NATO COUNTRIES, OF
COURSE, KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH AS
MOSCOW CLAIMS TO BE STEPPING UP
ITS DEADLY ATTACKS ON UKRAINE.
THEY ARE.
RETIRED GENERAL KEITH KELLOGG IS
A FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND
FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
TO VICE PRESIDENT PENCE.
HE JOINS US NOW.
GENERAL, FIRST OF ALL, YOUR
REACTION TO THESE TRAINING
EXERCISES THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, I
BELIEVE IT WAS AN OSPREY
HELICOPTER THAT WENT DOWN IN BAD
WEATHER, BUT NATO IS MAKING
PREPARATIONS RIGHT NOW SHOULD
THIS WAR WIDEN.
>> YEAH, PETE, THANKS FOR HAVING
ME.
LOOK, YOU KNOW VERY WELL WHEN
YOU GET INVOLVED IN EXERCISES IN
THE MILITARY, YOU GENERALLY
OPERATE IF MANY SOME EXTREME
LEVELS MEANING IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT, IN TOUGH WEATHER,
TOUGH CONDITIONS, AND THIS IS
JUST ONE OF THOSE THAT HAPPENED.
I HATE TO SAY IT, THIS HAPPENS
WHEN YOU’VE GOT A LOT OF
MECHANICAL THINGS GOING ON.
IT WAS A B-22 OSPREY, IT WAS
TOUGH WEATHER, AND HE WERE
FLYING, DOING THE STUFF THEY’RE
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
AND GOD BLESS ALL OF THEM, THE
MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, THAT
GO OUT AND OPERATE.
IT’S JUST PART OF A NATO
EXERCISE, BUT IT’S HARD.
EVEN THOUGH YOU’VE SEEN IT,
THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
I HATE TO SAY IT.
YOU KNOW, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
OUT THERE, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD
THE RED LIGHT IN YOUR CAR COMES
ON, THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
BUT THE MILITARY’S TRAINED TO DO
IT, AND GOD BLESS THEM FOR DOING
IT.
PETE: WE ALWAYS TRY TO SAY TRAIN
AS YOU FIGHT, WHICH MEANS TRAIN
IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, AND
WE SALUTE EVERYBODY STILL OUT
THERE DOING THIS, AND WE PRAY
FOR THESE FAMILIES, FOR SURE.
GENERAL, OUR U.S. INTEL IS NOW
SAYING THEY BELIEVE VLADIMIR
PUTIN MAY THREATEN THE USE OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS, AND THAT’S THE
BIG WORD, THE UMBRELLA OVER THIS
WHOLE THING.
WHEN YOU HEAR AN ASSESSMENT LIKE
THAT, DO YOU THINK HE WOULD BE
WILLING TO INTRODUCE THEM IF
DESPERATE ENOUGH?
>> YEAH, PETE.
LOOK, WHEN YOU START TALKING
ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR CHEM
CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL, THAT’S
WHEN YOU TAKE A REALLY DEEP
ROUTE BECAUSE YOU’VE NOW CROSSED
A THRESHOLD.
PETE: YEAH.
>> THEIR PILL MILITARY
PHILOSOPHY IS ESCALATE TO
DEESCALATE.
AND THEY’VE GOT THOSE WEAPONS IN
THEIR INVENTORY.
YEARS AGO WE HAD THEM, WE HAD A
SYSTEM CALLED THE DAVY CROCKETT
IN THE ’60s, AND THE REASON WE
GOT RID OF IT, OUR PREFERENCE
WAS WE DIDN’T WANT TO START
WORLD WAR III.
THEY’VE GOT THEM AND THEY INTEND
TO USE THEM.
AND MY FEAR, CONCERN IS THAT E
MAY CROSS THAT LINE AND WHAT HE
MAY DO IS WHAT’S CALLED A
DEMONSTRATION.
YOU USE THIS DEVICE, A
SUBCULLTON -- KILOTON WEAPON,
AND YOU PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF
A FIELD SOMEWHERE, WATERSOME TO
SAY, HEY, I’VE GOT THESE
WEAPONS, AND I’M WILLING TO USE
IT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HE
UNDERSTANDS, HIS MILITARY
UNDERSTANDS HE IS THEN CROSSING
AN INCREDIBLY DEEP RED LINE
GOING THERE.
AND WE WE NEED TO BE THINKING
ABOUT IF HE DOES THIS, BECAUSE
IT’S NOW IN THE REALM OF THE
POSSIBLE, WHAT IS OUR REACTION
GOING TO BE?
WE MUST THINK THROUGH THAT
BECAUSE HE’S CROSSED THE
THRESHOLD.
AND HE’S GOT THE WEAPONS TO DO
IT.
AND WE NEED TO THINK, OKAY, HE’S
GOT THIS SPECIAL COMBAT
READINESSING WHICH HE SAID
RAISES HIS NUCLEAR CONDITION.
WE’VE GOT A DEFENSE CONDITION
THAT GENERALLY GOES 1-5, ONE
MEANING WE’RE AT WAR, FIVE IS
REALLY LOW, WILY OPERATE AT
FOUR.
WHEN THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
STARTED, WE RAZEDDED THAT TO
LEVEL -- CAN RAISED THAT TO
LEVEL TWO, AND 9/11 WE RAISED IT
TO THREE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.
HE’S TRYING TO SEND US A SIGNAL,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE SEND A
SIGNAL BACK TO HIM WHICH IS VERY
STRONG COMBINED WITH THE OTHER
TWO NUCLEAR POWERS IN THE WEST,
BOTH THE FRENCH AND THE BRITISH
AS WELL.
BUT THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE
HE’S APPROACHING, AND I WOULDN’T
PUT IT PAST HIM TO DO SOMETHING
REALLY STUPID RIGHT NOW.
PETE: IT IS, YOU’RE RIGHT, A
DEEP BREATH HEARING ABOUT IT
BECAUSE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT
STEP OF WHAT WE DO IF HE DOES
THAT MEANS TERRIBLE THINGS FOR
OUR COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE.
LET’S PRAY WHATEVER METHODS CAN
BE TAKEN TO STOP THAT FROM
HAPPENING ARE TAKEN TODAY BY OUR