Jon Kyl: “It is the Federal Government's responsibility to protect our borders.”

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.

The answer to your question is yes.

We have to make decisions now to make sure that we have the capacity to build whatever we're going to need to build.