Robert Gates: “Although a decision on any follow-on ICBM is not needed for several years, studies to inform that decision are needed…”

I think we still have quite a bit of time, Chuck. I think there's still broad bipartisan support in the Congress for helping Ukraine.

Development is a lot cheaper than sending soldiers.

I think appearances do matter.

I think part of the problem is that at the end of the Cold War, we were affected by triumphalism or hubris, whatever you want to call it.