Andrew P. Hunter: “I might add the gentleman who just spoke, the gentleman from Texas, has been to the warfighting theaters more than any…”

I think the key is deterrence, because I think the truth is, whether it is the scenario that we looked at, the scenarios war games there, there is no certainty of victory if the Russians make a serious move against the Baltics, at least in…

I think competition works well when it is driving innovation, and obviously also can work well to control costs.

But we are in a different situation now. And so we have an opportunity to come up with a strategy that is focused on meeting these new challenges, not simply trying to avoid more harm.

It is concerning; and, of course, it fits a pattern, a long-term pattern of efforts by China to obtain intellectual property and technology from the United States.