I want to follow up the point that Senator Collins made.
Where are all these coming from?
New START has been discussed and one of the conditions is that we would not, except for grandfathered silos, convert silos to be BMD capable...
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I think this is a hemispheric problem--both General Fraser and I have talked about this--and something we need to continue to work.
I mean, this has been described variously as the Fed put, which is basically we can go out, take some risk, and then we go to the--there is ...
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Does that enhance our ability to acquire the target and engage it?
So that both in terms of acquisition of the target and launching to intercept, Alaska is well positioned vis-a-vis Iran and North Korea?
The launching system is relocatable, so you could move these. You wouldn't have to buy another set.
Merida shouldn't just be a 1- or 2-year event, but it's a relationship over time.