Information immediately the process going through to be able to stop it. The court put the final stop on it. It was corrected and its now clear. Yes, sir, and were purging the data as well. Were purging the data we had collected under the previous authorization. The issue on 702, most oklahomans i you can watch this hearing in its entirety at cspan. Org. We take you live to a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing with the director of the Missile Defense agency and other pentagon officials testifying on fiscal year priorities and the posture of the socalled missile defeat programs. Mike rogers of alabama is the chair of the Strategic Forces subcommittee. Lieutenant general james dickerson, for integrated Missile Defense and commander of u. S. Army space and Missile Defense command. And mr. Barry pike, who has the best accent on the panel. His Program Executive officer of missiles in space. Before i get started, i want torchito take the chairmans prerogative for a minute. Most members of the subcommittee are familiar with him as the head of the missiles defense agency. I remember the devastating impact on its morale back in 2012. That has all changed under admiral syrings leadership. There is no better testament than the recent ground based midcourse correction. This sends a powerful and unmistakable signal to allies and adversaries alike. Admiral syring, we thank you for your service and very much hope its not complete yet. With that, because we were called for votes, were on a shorter timeline, im going to dispense with my Opening Statement and yield to my friend and colleague from tennessee for any Opening Statement he may have. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I would like to add my praise for admiral syring, for his wonderful career so far in the military. We hope it continues. But i also want to ask unanimous consent to put my statement in the record so we can get on with the hearing. Without objection, so ordered. All right. What i would ask, so well have time for questions and then also time to go into the classified section, ask each witness to try to summarize their statement in three or four minutes if they could. The full statement will be admitted to the record, without objection. First, mr. Todd harvey, youre recognized for a summary of your testimony. Thank you, sir. Chairman rogers, Ranking Member cooper, members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about the defense departments continuing efforts to sustain and modernize our homeland Missile Defense capability so we remain ahead of the threat while providing integrated interoperable regional Missile Defense capability. The u. S. Homeland is currently protected by the ground base midcourse Defense System, gmb system. Improving the capacity, reliability, and effectiveness of the gmb system is one of the highest priorities in the president s Budget Proposal for fy 2018, fund the long range radar, help lay the groundwork for radar in hawaii, continuing funding space based assessment programs, remain on track to complete the deployment of remaining intersections by the end of this year to bring the total to 44. Were also moving forward with efforts to bolster our defenses against advanced Cruise Missiles. From a regional standpoint, the president s fy 2018 budget request also continues the deployment of Missile Defenses tailored to threats in europe, middle east, asia pacific region. In europe, we continue to implement the adaptive approach and with our nato allies to develop an advanced network of sensors and interceptors. We also support the system we deployed in poland in the 2018 time frame. Nato allies have committed to spend more than a billion dollars on ballistic Defense Command and control and are improving their national bmd capabilities. In asiapacific, our posture includes ships and patriot batteries deployed in japan, south korea, and the recent deployment of thaad to south korea. Weve also converted thaad deployment in guam. Weve also maintained a robust presence in the middle east, including our foreign located forces and those of our allies and partners, in addition to our efforts to build capacity that will contribute to their ability to defend themselves. We must continue to look ahead, which means assuring that our Investment Strategy priorities balance the needs of addressing the most dangerous threats we confront today while positioning ourselves to respond to threats in the decade. The president directed the secretary of defense to initiate a new ballistic Missile Defense review to identify measures to strengthen capabilities in the face of rapidly growing missile threats. The bmdr will be informed by the administration determination to develop a state of the art Missile Defense system. We expect to complete the bmdr this fall. It will complement the missile defeat report mandated by the fy 2017 ndaa. We continue to develop, procure, and field weapons Defense Systems. We determine to stay ahead of the adversaries developments, lower cost per intercept and defeat Cruise Missile threats. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I look forward to your questions. I thank you. The chair recognizes admiral syring. Thank you for the opportunity to appear today. Sir, ill submit my written statement for the record. In lieu of an Opening Statement, i request permission to play the video of the test from last week. We would love to see that. Ill narrate as we go since its unnarrated, and ill give the committee an idea of what was accomplished last week. The test was conducted on the 30th of may out in the pacific. Here is a blue water chart that depicts the test construct. The ground based interceptor was fired from Vandenberg Air force base, tracked on wake island in the northwest pacific, giving the interceptor solution to vandenberg to intercept a target launched from the marshall islands. The red indicates the target flyout and the green indicates the gpi from vandenberg. Here is a picture of the target lifting off from the atoll in the marshall islands, 5,000 miles from the coast of california. This is the longest range target weve ever flown, the highest altitude and the highest closing velocity from this intercept. This intercept was done with countermeasures. Next youll see a picture of the ground based interceptor launch from Vandenberg Air force base. Out of a test silo that is completely production representative of the actual silos at vandenberg. This is what we test out of. The gbis production representative of the ce2 block 1s that will be fielded to fill out the 44 gbis by the end of this calendar year. What youll see next is an on board sensor view of the kill vehicle which is separated from the gbi. What the kill vehicle saw in space, this is actual live data from the test. What you see in red is the warhead from the target. And what you see in green is the tank thats flying alongside, because in space everything flies at the same velocity. And you see the kill vehicle focused on the red warhead. And eventually dropping out the other did ebris in the scene. You see the kill vehicle, acquisition and terminal. Thats an actual picture of the reentry vehicle that was destructed beyond recognition. Which a youll see here is another infrared picture of the target booster and the target warhead with the booster of the gbi flying by, literally a second before the kill vehicle killed the target warhead. We had four or five different sensors strewn across the pacific to validate what you just saw. That was not a simulation. That was actually live data played back from the test. With that, sir, i stand ready for your questions. Outstanding. Thank you very much. Lieutenant general dickinson, you are recognized. Chairman, Ranking Member, members of the subcommittee, thank you for your continued support of soldiers and their families. It is indeed an honor to testify before you today to discuss the importance of Missile Defense to our nation and the need to maintain these capabilities in the face of a threat, as we all know, that continues to grow in both capacity and capability. Today i want to briefly summarize the missions of the organizations i represent. First, space and Missile Defense command, Army Forces Strategic command, which serve as a force provider in support of our Combatant Commanders. Our six lines of effort are to, number one, protect the homeland, provide combat ready space and Missile Defense professionals, plan, synchronize, and integrate global operations, produce or adopt leapahead concepts in technologies, preserve and account for the nations critical resources, and promote and forest a positive command climate. Our six lines of effort apply not only to Missile Defense but also to army space. The army has more than 4,000 military and civilian space cadre that provide continuous spacebased capabilities and support to the war fighter from 22 different locations and 11 different time zones around the world. Within smdc rstrat, we develop concepts, requirements, and doctrine, providing training to the cadre and execute space and Missile Defense research and development. I also represent the joint force Component Command for integrated Missile Defense or jfccimd which supports u. S. Strategic command in integrating and synchronizing our global Missile Defense operations. Today we have approximately 300 fulltime National Guard soldiers located in colorado, alaska, and Vandenberg Air force base, california, who operate the ground based Missile Defense system. It represents the nations only defense against intercontinental Ballistic Missile attack. These trained and fully certified Missile Defense professionals execute a strategically Important Mission 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. They refer to themselves as 300 soldiers protecting the 300 million. Additionally, in support of u. S. Stratcom, we execute the following tasks, synchronize planning, supporting ongoing operations, integrating training exercises, test activities globally, providing recommendations on the allocation of low density high demand Missile Defense resources and advocating for future capabilities. As reported, the missile threat continues to grow both in terms of numbers and sophistication. We as a nation must maintain our current Readiness Posture and continue to increase our capabilities to address future threats. Finally, i would like to highlight the challenges we face today cannot be addressed without the dedication of our greatest asset, our people. Service members, civilians, contractors, and their families. Those stationed at home as well as those globally deployed provide support to the army and joint war fighter, each and every day. We remain committed to providing trained and ready soldiers, civilians, to operate and pursue advancements in space and Missile Defense capabilities for the nation. This committees continued support of the operations and the men and women who develop and deploy our systems is essential. Again, i appreciate the opportunity to discuss our nations Missile Defense capabilities and i look forward to addressing your questions. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Chairman rogers, Ranking Member cooper, distinguished members of the subcommittee, im honored to appear before you on Missile Defense for the Program Executive office for missiles in space. Support for war fighters and their readiness remains our number one priority. I lead the Material Development production fielding and sustainment support for assigned missile and Space Systems for the army. This includes centralized management of army air and Missile Defense long range precision fires close combat and aviation Missile Systems as well as designated space programs. In todays complex dynamic and volatile security environment, army air and Missile Defense is a key strategic enabler. As such, our focus continues on on providing war fighting solutions to the armys combatant commands. We accomplish this by working closely with other military departments, the Missile Defense agency, the army space command, to support joint air and Missile Defense capabilities. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member cooper, and members of the subcommittee, i look forward to addressing your questions. I thank all the witnesses for their statements. Ill recognize myself first for questions. Admiral syring, we have seen 78 Ballistic Missile tests in north korea since kim jong un came to power. More than 60 of these appear to be successes. It appears hes had success including those launched by submarine and on the ground. He may have recently shown he can build a reenent eentry vehit can survive reentry. If we fully fund your request and it remains at the same level of funding, less than 8 billion a year, of which increasing amounts are procurement and o m, not research and development, will we continue to stay ahead of the threat, or is it moving faster than we are . Sir, with the work of this committee and others and the support of congress, i would not say we are comfortably ahead of the threat. I would say we are addressing the threat that we know today, and the advancements in the last six months have caused great concern to me and others in the advancement of and demonstration of technology, Ballistic Missiles from north korea. It is incumbent upon us to assume that north korea today can range the United States with an icbm carrying a nuclear warhead. Everything that we are doing plans for that contingency. And in addition to looking ahead to what might be developed, what is possible over the next five to ten years. In an open setting, to the extent you can, could you characterize what north korea has been doing for the last six months . They have been not only testing at an alarming rate in violation of international law, but demonstrating technology that feeds development of longer range missiles and more capable missiles as well. Can you discuss your timeline for developing and deploying the lrdr . How long will the mda take to do that from requirement, finalization to deployment . From the specific requirement of when mldr was developed, it was back in 2014. And we were under contract in late 2015, if ive got the timeline correct. And we will ioc it to the war fighter in late 2020. With that i will yield to the Ranking Member for his opening questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. In view of the lateness of the hearing and the large number of subcommittee members who are here, i would defer my questions for the classified portion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. Franc franks, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. My name is on the list of those who honor and revere your commitment to this country and your service. Admiral syring, has mda completed the inventory objective for both the sm31b and the 2a . There is not a stated inventory objective. But i know what the navy is thinking it should be. And we are not close to that. When do you think this objective or this when do you think we could achieve that objective . At the production rate of mr. Franks, ill plan to 48 to 50 per year. It will be within the next four to five years. You know, sometimes its important for us to understand how much oversight mda receives in the executive branch and legislative branches. Sometimes its an enormous burden on you. I would like to ask you to detail how many meetings, how many rfis, and how much paperwork is involved at mda for these oversight processes. Can i give you a qualitative answer . Yes, sir. A lot. A lot. Sir, we are under a tremendous amount of oversight. And answer many questions from many different organizations on the development of Missile Defense technology and capability. Well, given that its a lot, for all of this work, how many recommendations did gao have in its fy 16 report . There were three or four, if you parse one, ill say four for the record. And how many of those were validated by dod . We didnt agree with three of the four. Three of the four. So how about the fy 15 report . Im not going to pursue this much longer. I dont recall any recommendations, specific recommendations from that report. So how much oversight would mda have if we made the bmds accountability report and the gao mandate biannual and alternate it wh