Jon Kyl: “I appreciate that that is a different question, though, and it is one that deserves examination.”

One of the things that we noticed in this endeavor is there is a great attitude among the military, among the Defense Department generally in being able to succeed at a mission.

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

It makes our planning much more difficult.

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.