Jon Kyl: “If it is not binding, then why does my colleague assume the Duma would have such a hard time accepting the modest change…”

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.

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

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.

It makes our planning much more difficult.