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

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

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.

One of our recommendations concerns ways that we could potentially mitigate the risk of a deterrence gap.