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Competitors in cyberspace and some hinted they can crip will our infrastructure and set back our standard of living if they choose. if you can outline which of our peer competitors might be the closest to choosing to use their power. >> as i publicly said before the russians are the peer competitor but i look at other nations. you look at china and the level of capability and investment theyre making. im watching their abilities rise significantly. iran, north korea at a moderate level but clear...

Admiral rogers, have you seen this problem in your position getting worse or better? in other words, its my information that their techniques have improved, their capabilities have improved, the degree of success has improved. is that your assessment? >> i have publicly said before that the russians are a peer competitor in cyber. if you look broadly beyond the russians to cyber large the level of capabilities of nation states and actors around the world continue to increase, cant think of a sin...

Development of productivity. the tailwind were going to have to deal with is the tailwind of the debt situation. its going to require a lot of thoughtfulness calm reflective thoughtfulness exchanges of ideas, and communication really to deal with that risk well. >> do you think when you look out at the prospects for china, do you think it will be -- it will be able to compete with the united states as a peer competitor economically? >> right now chinas richer than the united states if you take a...

Especially its growing development of brand new high-tech weapons. mike emanuel is live at the pentagon. mike, weve been waiting for this report. how do we know how this plays out in terms of how it affects us at the u.s., now that were getting a look at chinas military strength? >> reporter: the pentagon flat out says, shannon, that the chinese are using their economic strength and beefing up their military. what this means is when americans are buying chinese products, theyre taking some of th...

Is no peer competitor namely a soviet union or china and that is where the focus is and where the money is going. having said that, there are shortfalls in terms of the programs currently under way. what is identified as requirements. noted requirements. they are not being fully funded and so you will have a budget crunch of some $40 or $50 billion by year 2015. so, we are fighting the wars right now looking at the missions, but long-term, we will figure out whether or not we can afford the main...

Soviet union. is it time to re-orient to our peer competitor being russia or then soviet union to the prc now? are they number one in our competitive department? >> i think they do pose the most serious threat and, frankly, an opportunity for america, if we can get it right. if you compare and contrast the two as between not the soviet union but russia and china. we have one that has wealth and resources. and the other that is a power that is struggling mightily. we need to make sure we understa...