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general guillot, do we have a sensor gap at norad -- we learn more from failures than successes. what did we learn from the balloon incursion about the adequacy of our sensors which is essentially the basis of norad? >> senator, we learned a thgrea deal. to the gaps, what we have is, we had some gaps in the layered approach where we wanted to be able to protect domain awareness from satellites down to traditional air -- >> one of the problems is low altitude. >> that is right. we were able to address many of those on initiatives that were started by my predecessor by changing the sensitivity of the radars that we do have and that has allowed us to have better demand awareness in that regime that you mentioned. however, there are some gaps that will be manifesting in the near future and those are currently scheduled to be addressed by the radar, the hypersonic and ballistic tracking space system. those capabilities are essential to fill gaps that are growing because of the increased capability of the atmosphere. >> i would suggest that is an urgent need, given the experience we ha
general guillot, do we have a sensor gap at norad -- we learn more from failures than successes. what did we learn from the balloon incursion about the adequacy of our sensors which is essentially the basis of norad? >> senator, we learned a thgrea deal. to the gaps, what we have is, we had some gaps in the layered approach where we wanted to be able to protect domain awareness from satellites down to traditional air -- >> one of the problems is low altitude. >> that is right....
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we talked about canada's commitment to norad and norad modernization and they told me at that time they were committed with funding on the line for over the horizon radar, f-35, np eight. all of those systems will have benefit to us in the homeland defense mission we share in norad. since the first day, i've seen nothing but strong commitment from our canadian partners for modernizing norad and working together to defend our homelands. >> great. that's good news. what about the border? are you getting any pushback from the border? we hear a lot about the southern border, but the northern border is important. terrorists are coming through the northern border. have you had any conversations with your counterparts there? >> senator, i have. although customs and border protection and homeland security have not requested northcom support on the north border, it is something i watch closely for number of reasons. one, potential threats entering the country through the north and i have frequent discussions with the intel community to see if there are any threats coming through and of course, i
we talked about canada's commitment to norad and norad modernization and they told me at that time they were committed with funding on the line for over the horizon radar, f-35, np eight. all of those systems will have benefit to us in the homeland defense mission we share in norad. since the first day, i've seen nothing but strong commitment from our canadian partners for modernizing norad and working together to defend our homelands. >> great. that's good news. what about the border?...
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general guillot, do you have a sensor gap at norad? we learn more from fails and we do from successes. what did we learn from the balloon incursion about the adequacy of our sensors, which is essentially the basis of norad? >> senator, was learned a great deal. to the gaps, what we have we had some gaps in the lyric approach we wanted to build to detect with tomato winners from satellite data to traditional air. one of the problems is low altitude, is speedy that's right although it unto the serpent and even the undersea. we were able to address many of those on initiatives that were started by my predecessor, general vanherck by changing the sensitivity of the radars that we do have. and that has allowed us to have better domain awareness in that regime that you mentioned. however, there are some gaps that will be manifesting in the near future. those are currently scheduled to be addressed by the over the horizon radar, ivey hbts s s h is a hypersonic and ballistic missile tracking base system. those capabilities are essential to fil
general guillot, do you have a sensor gap at norad? we learn more from fails and we do from successes. what did we learn from the balloon incursion about the adequacy of our sensors, which is essentially the basis of norad? >> senator, was learned a great deal. to the gaps, what we have we had some gaps in the lyric approach we wanted to build to detect with tomato winners from satellite data to traditional air. one of the problems is low altitude, is speedy that's right although it unto...
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canada is well aware of its responsibilities to our nato allies, to our continental allies, through norad in the united states, and even around the world, and, as well, we are very strongly focused, as you've just mentioned, on our responsibilities to defend our own country and our own sovereignty, and we're making very significant new investments, we'll be at 1.76 as a result of this year's budget, announcements, and we have also made — sent a very clear signal to our allies — we know we have to do more, we're going to do more, we are investing in additional capabilities that will put us on a very clear and strong path to 2%. minister, you dress it up as best you can, but you're basically breaking a very clear promise. your prime minister, justin trudeau, was one of the nato leaders who last year fully committed to meet that 2% target. you've just told me you're going to get to 1.76% of gdp on defence, but that won't be until the financial year 29—30 — some five years away. so not only are you breaking your promise, you're not even going to get close to meeting your promise after
canada is well aware of its responsibilities to our nato allies, to our continental allies, through norad in the united states, and even around the world, and, as well, we are very strongly focused, as you've just mentioned, on our responsibilities to defend our own country and our own sovereignty, and we're making very significant new investments, we'll be at 1.76 as a result of this year's budget, announcements, and we have also made — sent a very clear signal to our allies — we know we...
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we also see combat commander partnering with canada to modernize norad, so, again, it is important to us. you know that we conduct some significant exercises like northern edge of there. and every time we do that we would learn more about ourselves and the challenges facing us. but the arctic will remain important to us and we will account for that in the new strategy.>> thank you for that. i would suggest also will be factored into the strategy when we look at the budget, making sure it is resourced to demonstrate that whether it's in the proper arctic equipment, cold weather service and senate programs and the like. quickly to you, general brown. as you well know, alaska is in a unique position because it executes a north common mission . and it creates some operational control issues as north common 11th air force commanders are unable to effectively utilize their assets in a timely and efficient manner. every 11th air force commander has expressed concerns about the structure and that is not prioritize homeland defense. i'm sure you are tracking this issue. i know the proposals be
we also see combat commander partnering with canada to modernize norad, so, again, it is important to us. you know that we conduct some significant exercises like northern edge of there. and every time we do that we would learn more about ourselves and the challenges facing us. but the arctic will remain important to us and we will account for that in the new strategy.>> thank you for that. i would suggest also will be factored into the strategy when we look at the budget, making sure it...
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we also see a combatant commander partnering with canada to modernize norad. and so again, it is important to us. you know that we conduct some pretty significant exercises like northern edge up there, every time we do that we learn a lot more about ourselves and the challenges facing us but again, the arctic will remain important to us and we will account for that in the new strategy. >> i would suggest also factor into the strategy when we look at the budget, making sure that it is resourced to demonstrate that whether it is in the proper arctic equipment, called longworth house office building service incentive programs and the like, very quickly to you, general brown, as you well know, alaska is in a pretty unique position because it executes north.com mission with pay.com assets and creates operational control issues as north.com and eleventh air force commanders are unable to effectively utilize their assets in a timely and efficient manner. every eleventh air force commander i have worked with has expressed concerns about the structure, that it doesn't
we also see a combatant commander partnering with canada to modernize norad. and so again, it is important to us. you know that we conduct some pretty significant exercises like northern edge up there, every time we do that we learn a lot more about ourselves and the challenges facing us but again, the arctic will remain important to us and we will account for that in the new strategy. >> i would suggest also factor into the strategy when we look at the budget, making sure that it is...
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to operate in that environment also the combatant commander to partner on with canada to modernize norad so again it's important to us. every time we do that we learn a lot more about ourselves and the challenges facing us but the arctic will remain important to us. i would suggest also when we factor into the strategy and to make sure that it's resourced to demonstrate that whether it is in the proper arctic equipment cold-weather service incentive programs and the like. it creates operational control issues and are unable to in a timely and efficient manner. the tracking this issue i know that the proposal is currently being considered. i don't know if you have any updates that you can provide now or at a later point in time but it is something we are looking address ahead of co conversation.d of co >> i'm very familiar with of the operational challenges associated with our forces in alaska that are focused on north common. i'm not aware of the direct proposal but based on experience is something we have to take a look at to make sure we don't create unnecessary scenes to make sure we
to operate in that environment also the combatant commander to partner on with canada to modernize norad so again it's important to us. every time we do that we learn a lot more about ourselves and the challenges facing us but the arctic will remain important to us. i would suggest also when we factor into the strategy and to make sure that it's resourced to demonstrate that whether it is in the proper arctic equipment cold-weather service incentive programs and the like. it creates operational...