mentioned, intended to evade u.s. missile defenses calling it, quote, increases tensions in the region. so i ask you, jamil, what can the state department and the biden administration really coto stop china? well, arthel, there s a lot of things we need to be doing. starts with what austin s about to talk about, china does pose a very real strategic threat to the u.s. not just in the region, but globally. what that the means is we need to look at things like the fact that they re building more nuclear warheads, missile silos, building hypersonic weapons that can reach the united states rapidly and deliver weapons that can move in an agile way. there s a lot that china s doing, but they re the also getting aggressive in taiwan, aggressive with india, so we ve got to respond to that, put pressure on them. so i think they re saying the right thing, now it s time for action. secretary austin s going to talk