This has happened, maybe not at the frequency we've seen, but a Russian jet or a Russian bomber goes into your defense zone, you send your planes up there to intercept it. That's been happening. We've had to do that off the coast of Alaska repeatedly, in many cases. So NATO is going to respond. Yesterday at the United nations, first day on the job, Mike Waltz, our new ambassador here, spoke at the Security Council. (11:50–11:55)
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