James M. Talent: “The military must also, going forward, engage the entirety of American society.”

I think if we don't do that, then the other things that you are working on legislatively--as important as they are, are likely to fail in execution.

My understanding of the science--and I will certainly invite Dr. Cairns and the deputy commissioner to weigh in here--is that probably, of the three, the weaponizing it would be the most difficult but, nevertheless, within the capability…

But it is really important because the impact of the next 8 to 10 years, particularly in that theater, if they are able--I don't have to tell you all--to operationalize hypersonics, we have trouble because our missile defenses go out the…

they have a more accurate strategic view of the world than we do.