Jon Kyl: “We must remain vigilant against the terrorist attacks on our Nation on September 11, 2001.”

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 is yes, it's inadequate today.

It makes our planning much more difficult.

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