Jon Kyl: “If I could just interrupt, I understand--you understand our problem----”

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.

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

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

The answer to your question is yes.