Hose who against who it has illintent. So the South Koreans have suffered from this. Now to see them move forward and expand this Nuclear Weapons program. Each new launch brings them closer. They say they can hit the west coast of the United States. Theyre claiming they will be able to hit the entire u. S. With their icbm program. These placards that you see and these posters actually show their missiles coming down on the United States. And so at this point, i think it is critical and our colleagues mountain senate feel the same way and i want to thank our Senate Colleagues for building upon the house bill which eliot engel and i have authored, and i also appreciate the cooperation of the bipartisan house leadership to ensure this bills quick scheduling. Its just back from the senate. In the wake of north koreas Fourth Nuclear test and its recent missile launch, many of our allies also are trying to tighten the screws now on that regime in order to slow its capability to deliver this
I want to make sure that we have the opportunity to recognize them this morning. Yes. Ms. Bordallo would you kindly stand up, please . Chairman wittman i knew it. [laughter] chairman wittman i knew it, i knew it. Fantastic. She always does, she only does. Good morning. I want to think all of you for being here for the readiness hearing on the 2017 budget requests and readiness posture. This is the first of four hearings, and in december and january the services testified on increase readiness risks. Heg how the air force budget request enables a readiness Recovery Plan and where we continue to take risk. Welcome all of our experts. This morning we have with this general david goldfein, within a general john raymond, then a general Lieutenant General john cooper. Thank you all for testifying today. We look forward to your thoughts and insights on these important issues. The purpose of this hearing for the committee to receive clarification on air force choices for its budget request. Fu
Happy thanksgiving weekend. Welcome to defense news. Im vago muradian. What are the best policy options the United States as china continues to flex its military clout . C and political secretary defense chuck hagels resignation. The initiative will help had United States retain its military superiority despite easilyations using available commercial technologies to counter u. S. Capabilities. A multifaceted approach that will use intensive war gaming to identify future capabilities and technologies that u. S. Forces will need to off set gains by adversaries. Led to ther development of leadahead capabilities like stealth, gps, precision weapons that American Forces enjoy to this day. Diiher key part of the strategy is institutional reform to make the pentagon more agile. Here to talk about the dii and what new leadership at the department will mean, our two analysts, each of whom has a slightly differing view. Fitzgerald is the director of the tecechnology and National Security program
Earlier this year, a group of experts from RAND and the Special Competitive Studies Project launched a new wargame effort around China s invasion of Taiwan—but unlike most D.C.-based wargames, this effort heavily involved members of the commercial technology sector, in order to understand what near-term capabilities might be brought to bear on a Taiwan scenario.
RAND and the Special Competitive Studies Project brought together technology experts from outside the Pentagon to help run a wargame around China and Taiwan. These are the findings.