Ben Nelson: “I would like to know how the Air Force came to this decision and whether they understand its full impact.”

Let me add my thoughts. We ask you to reduce budgets, to watch the growth, and then when you come before us after you've done it, then we question why you've done it and whether you've done it right or not.

Double the number of ICBMs the current force is capable of defeating without adding a single new GBI

PTSS would be a critical component of both Homeland and regional missile defense as it greatly enhances sensor coverage.

If there were trust, then it would be much easier for the oversight to move away from transactional to more directional.