Martin Heinrich actually said...

The priority has to be the service life extension before we get to new weapons.

I think when they look at them, they get an assessment of the readiness of our force and the ability to provide a deterrent.

I have to say I think that is a very insightful comment, and I would encourage all of my colleagues to make the effort to see our deterrent ...

It is my understanding that this program is still not fully fielded and is said to have performed poorly during its most recent user testing...