. >> on a related topic, hypersonics.arpa has two programs in this area. >> we have two programs going on joint with the air force right now. one is hawk or hypersonic advanced weapon project. the two programs are two different ways of trying to develop a prototype demonstrator or weapon capability that would operate at hypersonic speeds. you boost a glide vehicle up to a high and then it would flied its way all the way to the target. how do you handle the thermal management, how do you handle the grade conditions and egress the target. in the case of hawk, a similar concept, o.j. instead of a vieding vehicle, and we have a scram jet engine, and that scram jet engine would propel it all way to the target, and it would go through the same sort of ingress conditions. >> there has been a lot of work on hypersonics over the past couple of decades. what are some of the challenges in this area? >> there are a couple of key challenges that come to mind. first is the ability to do effective modeling and testing in wind tunnels. s

and russia tests a new intercontinental ballistic missile, using hypersonic glider technology, that's all within a week. >> look, i think history will remember the obama administration for a few things. one of them will be, that it did nothing in fact, it facilitated proliferation in an age when we cannot afford it. the russians and the chinese, we can handle that. they've had nuke force half a century. and we have deterred them. the iranians could be undeterrable and obama has been the facilitator. they will go nuclear within a decade. there is nothing in the agreement that will stop that. and the north koreans, every administration since the '90s has not succeeded in stopping them. but at least we ought to be developing our defenses. the fact that they are on their way, they are completely undeterrable. as are the iranians. means that we're going to be entering an age where there's no security in deterrence. it's going to have to be in defenses. >> charles, thank you. >>> we're just getting started. in our special night of election coverage. will donald trump make a clean sweep toni

from direct descent asat missiles and hypersonic to maneuvering ballistic missiles. the language adopted in 1999 calling for defense against a, quote, limited ballistic missile attack, seems wildly out of place in today's threat environment. north korea has two satellites orbiting the earth above america. china and arussia developing complex missile technology specifically designed to exploit our weaknesses and iran continues to develop and mature missile technologies with no concern for international opinion. the language from the 1999 bill, mr. chairman, simply does not match reality. the national defense act must be amended to reflect both the substantially greater and more diverse threat and the reality that our national defense capability, our national missile defense capability is much more -- a much more mature program than it was at the time. the law should establish that our system be robust capable of a complex threat. rather than simply defending our territory, our policy should be to establish missile defense policy which defends our territo territory, al

to develop a program record for defense against hypersonic weapons and ballistic missiles. amendment number 330 by ms. gabler and requiring and b.a. to request a proposal for the medium-range discrimination radar in hawaii. >> further discussion on the en bloc package? if not the question is on the amendments offered by the gentleman from alabama mr. rogers. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the high -- the ayes have it and the amendments are adopted. ms. sanchez. did you work something out? >> we did mr. chairman. it's a little up in the air right now. can we come back to it? they are just trying to get the language right. mr. chairman, i will yield. can we do that? can we do them out of order or encapsulates them another en bloc mr. chairman? >> mr. chairman we are planning to accept the amendment as tendered. >> said in. >> said in a except that i believe. >> yes. >> do any to bring about? amendment number 84. >> the staff would lease distribute sanchez number 84. the gentlelady -- the gentlelady from california's recognize. >> this increases the funding for