Conflict between israel and hamas and the russiaukraine war. Appointing before a Senate Appropriations on the 2025 budget request. Youre watching live coverage on cspan3. I want to call this hearing to order. Good morning. I want to welcome our witnesses, secretary austin and general brown. We appreciate you being with us here today. General brown, this is your first appearance before the subcommittee. Your position today, and i want to thank you for your commitment and Longstanding Service to our nation. Secretary austin, lester, when you testified before this committee, we discussed the default. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and we were able to come together with a bipartisan matter to avoid a catastrophic Government Shutdown but we have failed miserably in getting the budget down on time. Here we are, more than halfway through the fiscal year and you just got your budget, albeit six months late. These repeated delays have real impact and i hope you will illustrate for us the im
Forms that can dominate any battlefield of the world today and i believe theyre concerned about their ability to respond in a conventional arena. Therefore, it is logical from their cave to continue to modernize sources including Nuclear Forces in all areas. The second piece is that also watch the power of our partnerships. They are challenging the status. Quo across europe in crimea in a number of areas, pushing into creative tension within our partnerships and alliances, which is another significant damage the United States has built over the last 20 years, sarah. I thank you under general. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And think to ask a few questions, maybe one before it leaves. General hyten, synchronizing our warfare efforts in years ago things were jamming radar and now cyberis a big part of this domain. Can you give us your thoughts on the interaction between Electronic Warfare the traditionalists i suggested and also the role of Cyber Command . Just your thoughts. As commissary. I
Deterrence work against a mad man, or a suicidal fanatic . Do we need to be thinking about deterrence 2. 0 because of that potential lack of rationality on the other side that wouldnt be concerned about the destruction of their country or perhaps theyre possessing Nuclear Weapons and dont have a country to destroy. Senator, i think we need to look at deterrence 2. 0, 3. 0, 4. 0 and deterrence in the 21st century, i think is fundamentally different than it was in the 20th century. Deterrence in the 21st century involves all elements of national power. Not just nuclear deterrent. Involves space and cyber and conventional forces, it involves offense and defense on the strategic side of the house. You have to look at the integrated defensive capabilities if youre talking about responding to north korea or iran, and that defensive capability because an essential element of our deterrent posture. We also have to think about who were deterring. And what works. What would what would be the aga
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