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Budgetary infusions. so this challenge, make no mistake about it, the u.s. space command and the forces that we have in the united states force base are the best in the world. our assets are the best in the world. but what has happened lately is that other countries have been catching up with us in ways that are worrisome, which is why the pentagon for the last three, four years at least has been very focused on speeding up the acquisition process, putting more money towards space, elevating space within the command structure. all of these things are ongoing, and once again, i fear that a majo...

Space war. >> explosions in space, that no one will hear. >> peter singer wrote about this dire scenario in his book, "ghost fleet," and he now advises the defense department on just this type of threat. >> you are now in world war iii. so, besides losing your ability to take out money from an atm, your nation is in world war iii. >> reporter: this is not fantasy. this is the future. a future for which the u.s. is now urgently preparing. >> if you say, is it inevitable? then the answer is probably yes. >> general john hiten, until recently the head of u.s. space command, has now been promoted ...

One will hear. >> reporter: peter singing wrote about this dire scenario in his book "ghost fleet" and he now advises the department on just this type of threat. >> you are now in world war iii so besides losing your ability to take out money from an atm, your nation is in world war iii. >> reporter: this is not fantasy, this is the future, a future for which the u.s. is now urgently preparing. >> if you say is it inevitable, the answer is probably yes. >> reporter: general john heighten, until recently the head of u.s. space command, has been promoted ed td to lead st command, charged from ...

Them out of service, or in some other way interfere with them. you have that. china has launched a satellite that has an arm on it that can grab satellites out of space and take them out of commission. you know, it's straight out of moon raker, right? looking back to james bond. >> james bond. >> and i thought that these were things that were kind of conceptual ideas, but the fact is we spend loads of time with u.s. space command and they're already up there. it's russia but it's also china. they know we're so dependent on this stuff, not just you and me, god knows we are, but our military tha...

Impacted sensitive nuclear weapons operations and there's no indication that he went beyond drinking, dancing and talking with those women, but the report did cite him for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. he was stripped of his command of those nuclear units and is now an assistant at u.s. space command but still retains the rank of general. we tried several times to get response from general kerry and could not. i eventually reached his wife on the phone. she said no comment and hung up on me. >> just his interaction with russians caused quite a stir. >> according to this report...