Jon Kyl: “This is an important event in our country's history. You have contributed to it.”

Our responsibility is to be straightforward with you all. You're the ones that appointed us, you're the ones that we answer to.

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.

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

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