Jim Himes: “Their leader has said, we will develop this capability.”

“The United States did. Well, no, but that doesn't mean, well, China, yes, China, yes, China very soon. And you know, Their leader has said, we will develop this capability. We know that their intent is to do precisely this in Taiwan. Russia's a more complicated case. It's, you know, Russia loses 10,000 people to get, you know, three acres of land in eastern Ukraine.” (43:28–43:31)

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