Debra Fischer actually said...

"To provide the required strategic vision needed to inform critical warhead modernization investments, the DOD and DOE Nuclear Weapons Council approved a strategic plan."

"the AOA will presumably analyze alternatives related to the missile body and the platform, but the SLCM will also require a warhead."

"Dr. Soofer, please provide an anticipated timeline and associated milestones for the Department's Analysis of Alternatives (AOA) for the sea-launched cruise missile?"

"If we don't, we're going to have a gap, and that gap is going to adversely affect our deterrence to the point where it may not be credible."