Ben Nelson

The Army is invested in space capabilities and requires them in order to function our operating forces in theater and around the world.

There is the distinction that we talked about between that that is just criminal for profit type efforts versus terrorists or nation state efforts that are the equivalent of spying to try to access our secrets and inveigle their way into…

Do we have a comprehensive plan developed for each bomber aircraft that would help us understand what it's going to take to sustain and modernize each bomber?

NATO's decision to pursue a territorial missile defense capability is a key step that sends a clear message--NATO is serious about responding to new threats.

To comply with the New START treaty, the Air Force will draw down the number of nuclear-capable bombers.

There have been a lot of penetrations of U.S. Government and industrial computer systems with data theft that have been traced back to China.

Can you explain what happened, what you are doing to fix this problem, and whether these test failures affect the deployed interceptors?

The ability to model the performance of nuclear weapons using the new experimental data and past data from the days of nuclear testing is essential to maintaining the nuclear weapons stockpile, safely, securely, and reliably into the…

We must improve our acquisition practices to both continue to deliver the critical capabilities our warfighters need.

If a terrorist, for example, were able to obtain nuclear materials, plutonium or uranium, build an improvised nuclear device, and blow that device up in a U.S. city, obviously, the devastation would be significant.

I think the single, most valuable thing about the treaty is that it does, in fact, place limits on those weapons that threaten the United States of America most significantly and most immediately.

The conventional DOD acquisition process is too long and too cumbersome to fit the needs of the many systems that require continuous changes and upgrades.