the thing i found most objectable was when he pulled the rug out from under poland and the czechoslovakia republic. i was with them this last friday. what i'm saying is that capability is there. we don't have a way of deterring that other than i understand the argument that we have the ground-based system in alaska and california. i don't have the confidence that they would have that. briefly, what am i overlooking? >> senator, i will ask to take that one for the record. it's a technical issue that i would like to provide you a little more data on. i will say that as a naval officer who has commanded multiple ships at sea, i am extremely impressed given my background with the system and ability to adapt. part of my confidence comes out of my grounding and sea operating at that system and belief that it can be transitioned. having said that, i want to provide you the hard data on this and take that for the record. >> that's all right and i don't disagree. i have been a strong supporter, but looking at long range icbms and we get that for the record, general, i appreciated the fact that you said goo

the thing i found most objectable was when he pulled the rug out from under poland and the czechoslovakia republic i was with them this last friday. what i'm saying is that capability is there. we don't have a way of deterring that other than i understand the argument that we have the ground-based system in alaska and california. i don't have the confidence that they would have that. briefly, what am i overlooking? >> senator, i will ask to take that one for the record. it's a technical issue that i would like to provide you a little more data on. i will say that as a naval officer who has commanded multiple ships at sea, i am extremely impressed given my background with the system and ability to adapt. part of my confidence comes out of my grounding and sea operating at that system and belief that it can be transitioned. having said that, i want to provide you the hard data on this and take that for the record. >> that's all right and i don't disagree. i have been a strong supporter, but looking at long range icbms and we get that for the record, general, i appreciated the fact that you said good