>>> PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
EXPLAINED FOREIGN POLICY WITH
SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG
STICK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES A
DIFFERENT APPROACH ON SPEAKING
SOFTLY, BUT THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY IS READY TO WIELD THAT
BIG STICK.
WITH A POTENTIAL HISTORIC
MEETING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT
AND NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM
JONG-UN ON THE HORIZON, THE
UNITED STATES AND SOUTH KOREA
RESUMED.
NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT HANS
NICHOLS JOINS THE MILITARY IN
THE PACIFIC TO SEE WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: A RARE LOOK AT THE
NEWEST ASSETS IN THE WEN
PACIFIC.
SURE TO GET THE ATTENTION OF KIM
JONG-UN.
PRIMING THEIR BIG GUNS AHEAD OF
JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES WITH
SOUTH KOREA BEGINNING TODAY.
>> WHAT DID WE JUST SEE THERE?
>> WE WITNESSED TRAINING FOR OUR
WEAPONS SYSTEM FIRING SIX ROUNDS
RAPID.
>> Reporter: ANTHONY WEBER IS AT
THE HEAD OF THIS WARSHIP.
THE DUEY IS BOTH AGILE AND
AGGRESSIVE.
96 MISSILE SILOS, A CANON AND
MACHINE GUNS AIMED AT THE
HORIZON.
AND UP TO THE SKIES.
THAT'S A DEFENSIVE SYSTEM TO
PROTECT THIS SHIP FROM INCOMING
MISSILES.
BUT THE SHIP'S MOST POWERFUL
WEAPON ISN'T A GUN.
IT'S THE AEGIS RADAR COMBAT
SYSTEM WITH A DOZEN DESTROYERS
IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC.
A RING OF WARSHIPS CREATING A
DIGITAL NET FROM GUAM TO JAPAN
TO INTERCEPT MISSILES FROM NORTH
KOREA.
>> A DESTROYER IS ABLE TO
SEARCH, DETECT, TRACK AND
DESTROY INBOUND MILITANTS.
>> A PROTECTIVE FOR SAILORS AND
SHIPS.
A SHIP THAT'S SCHEDULED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS WEEK'S WAR
GAMES.
NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE WASP
RECEIVED NEW LIGHTNING TUBES.
>> THEY ARE TESTING THE F-35.
THAT'S A HUGE STEALTH FIGHTER.
IT CAN LAND VERTICALLY.
HOVERING LIKE A HELICOPTER FOR A
LANDING THE F-35 TRANSFORMS THE
WASP.
INTO A FLOATING, FIGHTING CITY.
READY TO SEND MARINES FROM SHIP
TO SHORE EITHER BY THESE ON DECK
OR FROM LANDING CRAFTS LAUNCHED
FROM ITS BELLY.
THE ADMIRAL LEADING THE STRIKER
SAYS THE F-35 REPRESENT A
QUANTUM LEAP.
>> WE PACK A MORE SIGNIFICANT
PUNCH THAN WE EVER HAVE BEFORE.
>> Reporter: THEY WILL
REVOLUTIONIZE THE WAY WAR IS
FOUGHT ORCHESTRATING A LANDING
FROM THE AIR, PROTECTING MARINES
ON THE GROUND AND SHIPS AT SEA.
NOW PREPARING FOR WAR GAMES OFF
THE COAST OF KOREA.
BUT THE $120 MILLION FIGHTER HAS
BEEN PLAGUED BY COSTS AND
DELAYS.
THE MARINES INSIST IT'S COMBAT
READY.
>> THAT MEANS FIGHT TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: THE F-35 ARRIVING
FOR THE FIRST TIME AT SEA, BUT
IN A REGION WHERE THE NAVY HAD A
DEADLY YEAR IN CROWDED WATERS
WITH TWO ACCIDENTS BY DESTROYERS
LIKE THE DUEY.
THEY WERE INVOLVED IN COLLISIONS
WITH COMMERCIAL VESSELS LEAVING
17 DEAD.
AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT
THOSE ACCIDENTS WERE AVOIDABLE
AND A LACK OF SLEEP WAS PARTLY
TO BLAME.
>> HOW MUCH SLEEP A NIGHT?
>> ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO EIGHT
HOURS A NIGHT TO KEEP THEM READY
TO GO.
>> Reporter: THE VIGILANCE AT
SEA READY TO PROTECT ALIES AND
ASSETS WITHIN MISSILE RANGE OF
NORTH KOREA.
FOR "SUNDAY TODAY", HANS NICHOLS