Russia and china pose in these areas. This is just over two hours good morning. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from general anthony cotton, commander of u. S. Strategic command or stratcom. And whiting, commander of u. S. Spacecom or spacecom. Gentlemen, thank you for your service to the nation and extend our thanks to the men and women who serve with you. As in the past we have asked the commanders the stratcom and until 2019. Spacecom was a part of Strategic Command. Mr. Reed as spacecom continues as an independent command, its important to identify any gaps or seams that emerged during the transition. On the global stage,si reckless. Recent press reports state that russia is considering violating rnnal space treaties and endangering the global use of space for Vital Communications and sensing. Further, putin has stab the strategy stability and arms control policies both our nations have respected for decades. Over the past year,has suspended its participation in the
Exit selectivity it will come to order. This is a short hearing weve never had this combination of witnesses. A collection of expertise to help us make sense of what the chinese, and his partys doing in cyberspace and i can better defend ourselves. Our hats off we spent a lot of time on this committee debating or thinking about the question of whether xi jinping will make a move militarily against taiwan. And what would be a timeline for such a move . Obviously this is a nun on noble question people continue to debate it. In some meaningful sense i wonder if such an invasion or a preparation which would be incredibly costly if the Ranking Member very eloquently pointed out yesterday has already begun. The intelligence preparation of the battle space has already begun. Put differently for over 20 years they have been attacking us the government, defense Contractors Technology firms in cyberspace that is a fact. For a long time the attacks rubbing a valuable technology that was then used
Ethis committee will come t order. To help us understand what china is doing. We spend a lot of time on this committee debating whether xi jinping will make a move. This is a question that people continue to debate. I wonder if such an invasion or the preparation for such an invasion which would be incredibly costly as the Ranking Member very eloquently brought up yesterday has already begun. Put differently, the ccb has been attacking us. Government, our defense contractors, our Development Firms in cyber. And they had been robbing us on tech. And they used that to their military modernization. And they have been gathering information on people and companies. Our military records have been compromised. Mine is framed in my office, in my basement. According to the fbi, chinas vast Hacking Program is the Worlds Largest and theyve stolen more americans personal and business data than any other nation combined. But that wasnt enough for the ccv. In the past few years, our intelligence and
Word from the Nations Capital to whatever you are. It is the opinion that matters the most. This is what democracy looks like. Connect the commanders of u. S. Strategic command and Space Command testify about Nuclear Deterrence for the Armed Service committee and the need to modernize nuclear is based abilities russia, china and other nations close. This is just over two hours. Good morning. The committee receives testimono from anthony, commander of u. S. Teaching in general. Service to the nation and extend our thanks to the men and women who serve with you. As in the past we have asked the commanders the stratcomnd spacecom to testify together. Until 2019. Spacecom was a part of Strategic Command. Mr. Reed as continues as an independent command, its important to identify any gaps or seams that emerged during the transition. On the global stage, russi to b. Recent press reports state that russia is considering violating International Space treaties and endangering the global use of s
Strategy command and u. S. Space command testify about Nuclear Deterrents and Space Security before the Senate Armed Services committee. The hearing focused on the need to modernize nuclear and Space Capabilities amid threats that russia and china pose in these areas. This is just over two hours good morning. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from general anthony cotton, commander of u. S. Strategic command or stratcom. And generals steven whiting, commander of u. S. Spacecom or spacecom. Gentlemen, thank you for your service to the nation and extend our thanks to the men and women who serve with you. As in the past we have asked the commanders the stratcom and spacecom to testify together. Until 2019. Spacecom was a part of Strategic Command. Mr. Reed as spacecom continues as an independent command, its important to identify any gaps or seams that emerged during the transition. On the global stage, russia continues to behave recklessly. Recent press reports state that rus