van riper: no. there have been articles written where the numbers have been done and it is over 900 metric tons a day. even with the marines and the joint force, they cannot keep them supplied. nick: let's talk about the overall stregy when it comes to china. defense officials i speak to say they support these changes because they need the marines and the army to operate within the first island chain, and make chinese targeting much more complicated since the chinese are trying to keep the navy and air force out. doesn't that make sense? lt. gen. van riper: no. the marine corps in their initial documents said this would be a low observable unit. i have looked at all the equipment. there's not one item that has any stealth or low observer capabilities. now the marine corps is saying, we will tell people where tho units are as the deterrent for the chinese. which is it going to b no unit has stuff like capabilities. the chinese will target these. nick: marine leaders say they do acknowledge some of th