And as General Gutline just said as well, this transfers to providing for a safer world to be able to serve our allies, our partners, the world as a whole. And it is a deterrent. It is a deterrent. People, our adversaries need to think twice before ever taking any action against this country. In order to have a deterrence, there's got to be a credible capability behind it. So we've got to build that credible capability to actually deter the bad and nefarious behavior that we are seeing today. (52:29–52:41)
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Asserts that U.S. defense capabilities serve as a deterrent to adversaries.
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