Could build for the cost of one of our carriers. Its an interesting statistic, but those missiles are kind of useless without satellite constellations, without isr ground isr status, without an extensive networking system connecting these nodes, without operation centers. There is a certain amount of cost that goes into the delivering of that weapon that gets forgotten about when we do that math. First class hannah nobel. This is a question for dr. Hendricks. You spoke about a submerged arsenal, but if the carriers were to be mixed, what do you propose would replace them, and how would their mission be fulfilled in their absence . So were getting ready to try to field the ohio class replacement. Its coming in with with an estimate of about 6. 6 billion a copy with some estimates up around 7. 2. The original or the four ssgns we have are actually the first four of the original ohio class. Due to treaty limitations, we had to repurpose, so we took them out of service as submarines and we
Partnerships to address a broad range of global challenges, building cyber space capability and confronting uncertainty with agility and innovation. This is a particularly difficult job today as we see a resurgent russia, and rising china, challenging us with Nuclear Capabilities, space and cyber space, as well as countries like north korea and iran, seeking greater roles in these domains, proliferation of technology, and information has increased risks, posed by nonstate actors in many of these areas, as well. In short, Strategic Deterrence may be more challenging today than it has ever been. This is why we at the Atlantic Council have been tackling many of these issues head on, including our work in russia, particularly our transatlantic Security Work as we chart a path for a europe, whole and free. Likewise we have been doing extensive programming on Cyber Security and cyber state craft initiative. Ranging from natos Cyber Mission to the recent cyberattack on sony. Our initiative an
[ inaudible ]. Well, right now from my perspective, my bigticket item is that those items need to be in the budget and funded. Ill let the professionals here from the office of secretary of defense and Congress Really work on the noodle on how we need to work that perhaps more holistically in terms of what you just said. That piece of being able to follow the money as you know is very important, to whether its one bin, or one that we pay bins that we pay close attention to, associated with things, because when you work at the ssbn or icbm, is one Mission Associated with things and then you have to have that dialogue of how do you do those things that have dual capabilities. And weighs in that bin, all the way as i talked about before, from outer space to under the water. Sir . Peter sharpman, merrick corporation. The doctrine distinguished between intelligence gathering which we tried to prevent, but not deter, and outright attack, which we visibly and vocally deterred. In the realm of
And thats an understandable perspective if youre looking ahead sixth months. This is not the time to drop the strategic agenda. We should be thinking about what will happen when we come out of the cycle. Right now with things like low Interest Rates a light jpgs competitive advantage, this is the critical time to act. There are a lot of suggestions in the book, probably hundreds of them but i pulled ten that are still relevant right now that i think we ought to think about. We had to take care of business at home before we take care abroad. But there are five steps domestically that remain important. The first is investing in infrastructure. This is really the time as were building our economy where were investing in a smarter grid, or a safer grid, but also building out the Energy Transportation system for the country. We have great production and its not close to the command centers. We need a system of pipelines to move product to the southeast move oil east to west. And along with
You broke the law . I did, i did break the law one womans confession. How she became a wall street success while living in the u. S. Illegally illegally. We dont want just any deal. If we had, we could have announced something a long time ago our top story cautious optimism from the secretary of state john kerry as the deadline nears, a Framework Agreement with iran on its Nuclear Energy agreement programme. Despite harsh words from the Supreme Leader accusing the u. S. Of using bullying techniques during the talks. As james bays tells us tension is building. With a deadline to reach a framework nuclear deal with iran 10 days away. This is an effort to reestablish a unified position. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry meeting his european counterparts. There has been reports that the French Foreign minister will take a role with iran and its been reported that during intense negotiations he called the team urging them not to allow any further concessions. Before leaving switzerland, m