What we looked at is a conventional ICBM that has the inherent capability of a [nuclear] ICBM, with its accuracy, speed and range, ... Those military characteristics are attractive for a particular set of targets.
You can't go to war and win without space.
We're not talking about weaponizing space. We're not talking about massive satellite attacks coming over the horizon or anything like that. This is really a way to understand space situational awareness, who's out there, who's operating. We understand that.
[Gen. Lord said the nuclear deterrence mission has not changed.] We're with a 500 [missile] day-to-day high-alert force that is our deterrent capability that this nation depends on every day, ... We're proud to do that, until told otherwise.
[The US Space Command has a responsibility to accessing military threats.] We understand that jamming has gone on and other things have occurred, and we watch that very closely, ... If somebody is trying to use space against us, we could interrupt, in a reversible kind of way, those kind of capabilities as needed and as directed by US policy.
We'll look at what's the best way to get to a replacement system over the years ahead, ... We're looking at perhaps a spiral approach to that, ... a follow on [missile] and what's the best basing mode.
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