Ben Nelson: “Hard choices had to be made.”

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

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

We cannot just be catching up or trying to stay at par with the rest of the world or otherwise our defenses are down.

The LEP for the B61 gravity bomb... is critical. It's an aging weapon and we need to have a LEP underway.