Jon Kyl: “I point out there are cases--in fact, one case in the Virginia system was invalidated because it did not provide…”

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.

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

That's why we say that has to be decided now.

The first thing we've got to do is have a conventional capability which is so dominant that no party would ever consider a nuclear attack against the United States.