Jon Kyl: “All of those I think are very useful suggestions, and I appreciate them all. Thank you.”

The threat briefings that we received leave no question that both China and Russia, but particularly China see space as a war fighting domain.

It's enough that it's opportunistic. In other words, we're in a conflict with one, and the other sees that this is an opportunity.

That's why we say that has to be decided now.

Mr. Chairman, Representative Jacobs, the fact is that our current system has deteriorated and aged to the point that we wouldn't be confident in the deterrent value of it on out into the future.