Mike Rogers actually said...

"Officials in the Department, and several combatant commanders, have expressed the need to develop next generation technologies in directed energy, space sensing, and boost phase intercept when address..."

"Isn't it correct that the low-yield SLBM warhead is a simple modification to an existing weapon? Not a new weapon?"

"Wouldn't this be updating and redeploying a capability we used to have?"

"Yes, the commitment to nuclear deterrence is not only affordable it is essential to our National Security--America can afford survival."