06/08/2014
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"Yes, sir. In the budget request we fund to IOC, we'll begin launching satellites the end of 2024-early 2025 and reach IOC in 2027."
"China is very actively fielding the systems that it thinks will defeat the United States' ability to project power and we have to respond to that."
"We consider the fiscal year 2023 budget request with great sense of urgency as we face China's rapidly increasing technological capabilities and warfighting capacity."
"Sir, the Space Force investments are directly in line with the National Defense Strategy and directly in line with being able to successfully detect and track the threat that you talked about and that..."