It called Ursula S Response to any us provocation, reflecting growing tension about the countrys nuclear and weapons programmes. China has called for calm, saying it has feared conflict could break out at any moment. It comes as the United States says a huge bomb, dropped on so called Islamic State militants in afghanistan, was the right weapon against the right target. The us military insists it was a local, tactical decision others believe its Principal Aim was as a show of strength. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner reports. A powerful armada, in the words of President Trump. This is the us navys carl vinson carrier battle group, equipped with 90 Strike Aircraft and other weapons and diverted to the seas off north korea. Mr trump is hoping it will intimidate that countrys isolated regime into abandoning any further Nuclear Tests or long range missile launches. China has warned of the imminent danger of a war being triggered on the Korean Peninsula, and north Korea Remains def
It called Ursula S Response to any us provocation, reflecting growing tension about the countrys nuclear and weapons programmes. China has called for calm, saying it has feared conflict could break out at any moment. It comes as the United States says a huge bomb, dropped on so called Islamic State militants in afghanistan, was the right weapon against the right target. The us military insists it was a local, tactical decision others believe its Principal Aim was as a show of strength. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner reports. A powerful armada, in the words of President Trump. This is the us navys carl vinson carrier battle group, equipped with 90 Strike Aircraft and other weapons and diverted to the seas off north korea. Mr trump is hoping it will intimidate that countrys isolated regime into abandoning any further Nuclear Tests or long range missile launches. China has warned of the imminent danger of a war being triggered on the Korean Peninsula, and north Korea Remains def
Ill start from sip the fact were going have to deal not only with nation states that are going to have crises and groups and individuals that are highly empowered and able to bring threat against nation of the capability most addressing the likely. The second thing, we have to bring down the alliance on Strategic Deterrent and increase the reliance on other capability and tools diplomatic and military for strategic defense. The technology and capabilities and the architecture that would allow us to have those kinds of capabilities at the strategic level to deter conflict and increase other options so that our state options dont run out prematurely or less than effective against the wide range of threat. We have to increase the tools on the state craft to prevent these thick things. Making sure its still an element of membership and nato. You commit to your defense goals. The second thing i would say is to really look at those things which could enable nato at large to take greater adva
Is is what is the aspiration we have for the vexes problems, and the thought process and the first thing well do is ill use my conventional forces, and if that fails, use strategic forces. I tell you, its going to turn around. Dont think about it in a nuclear sense, but think strategic first, coming from great distance or no distance, to solve a problem. Last, think about the conventional forces and moving and huge costs of standing armies and moving them to the problem. Its just the reality we have to deal with, and how were going to do that, how are we going to afford it, those are the the questions, i think, that were going to, as an alliance, come to grips with and understand how to do that; ours, were not matching resources and capabilities with the security that we desire to have. Thank you. Other than that im in a good place. That leaves a good place. The leading expert brings a dose of reality, make it a concern, particularly such with europe. When you hear those speakers, part
From her Previous Post that new yorks department of Public Health and Mental Hygiene and the u. S. Department of health and human services. And dr. Hamburg, we thank you for sharing your expertise with the committee and being here today. Your statement which is an extensive statement, which i got through yesterday, last night, it will be a part of the record in its entirety. Id like to ask maybe, giddy up to 10 minutes to go through that, if youd like rather than just five, but maybe, however close you can keep it but below 10 minutes. Im going to request the record remain open for 10 days for senator smiths statement or questions for the record. A couple things, at 10 30 i have to leave. You probably do, too. Both of us have to leave. [inaudible conversations] good. And then i think, well, we have i think senator franken said he will take over at that time if we continue on beyond that, beyond that time but we are managing a bill on the floor that we have to leave four at 10 30. So ag