If we haven't seen what happened in Iran already, we need to move from deterrence by punishment, waiting for an invasion, then reacting deterrence by denial so that our neighbors, our enemies, think again of invading either Ukraine, the Baltics or Taiwan. We need to align our industrial base with our allies to ensure we produce cheap, scalable missions that actually win modern conflicts. And we can't keep building the weapons of the last century while adversaries are innovating and fighting the future wars coming out of the Trump Xi summit. One thing is not negotiable. (07:02–07:10)
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Asserts the need for industrial alignment with allies for effective modern conflict missions.
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