Richard Shelby: “We found out in 1945 that the Germans were, overall, much farther advanced than we were, dealing with missiles and so…”

As Senator Shelby at our Senate testimony hearing last March pointed out to us, we must maintain what we have before we can build new, and I think he hits the mark head-on.

A complex and evolving security environment requires a serious commitment to our national defense.

Deterrence requires spending our limited resources on both offensive and defensive weapons.

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.