When we went and dropped some gifts down the chimney in Iran several months ago to be able to stop the war that was there and stop Iran from advancing its nuclear weapons program. There were E3s in the skies that were actually managing the battle space there to be able to make sure that we got there, were able to drop those mop bombs on them and then to get everyone back safely on it. They're very, very important to us and they just can't be replaced right now with the technology that's actually in the satellite. (02:01–02:14)
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