right now, the department of energy and national nuclear security administration, they're in. dedicating el capitan. that's the name of the new computer here at the lawrence livermore lab. el capitan is the lab's newest supercomputer that came online, actually towards the end of last year. was assembled by hp using chips by amd. takes up 7500ft■!s. generas so much heat it requires 28,000 tons of cooling via liquid. for comparison, the typical home requires only 4 to 5 tons of air conditioning, and it runs at a speed of roughly 1.7 exaflops, which means el capitan can perform 1.7 quintillion math problems per second. that's the number 17 with 17 zeros after it, making el capitan the current number one fastest supercomputer in the world, according to top500. org. its purpose really is for national security. so we've got a enduring nuclear stockpile that's aging, and modeling and simulation is absolutely essential to maintaining that. and there's new new designs of weapon systems coming along that need to be validated and designed and tested, all in the computer, because we don't

right now, the department of energy and national nuclear security administration, they're dedicatingd me. again, as i mentioned in livermore. el capitan is the lab's newest supercomputer that came online towards the end of last year, was assembled by hp using chips by amd. takes up 7500ft■!s, generates so much het it requires 28,000 tons of cooling via liquid. for comparison, the typical home requires only 4 to 5 tons of air conditioning, and it runs at a speed of roughly 1.7 exaflops, which means el capitan can perform 1.7 quintillion math problems per second. that's the number 17 with 17 zeros after it. if you weren't familiar, making el capitan the current number one fastest supercomputer computer in the world according to top 500.org. its purpose really is for national security. so we've got a enduring nuclear stockpile that's aging. and modeling and simulation is absolutely essential to maintaining that. and there's new new designs of weapon systems coming along that need to be validated and designed and tested, all in the computer, because we don't do nuclear testing anymore. e

since then, congress, on a strong bipartisan basis, has directed the navy and the national nuclear security administration to continue this effort. do you support the slocum program as of right now? >> senator, based on what i know, i do, but one of my answers i'll have repeatedly throughout this, this morning is getting an opportunity to look under the hood classified material, get an understanding of true capabilities vis a vis enemy capabilities, because what we know right now on the nuclear sorry, senator, what i know on the nuclear side is that russia and china are rushing to modernize and build arsenals larger than ours. we need to match threats to capabilities, and the systems we elevate will be tied to whether those capabilities are needed based on the adversaries we face. >> would you would you ensure that this program is executed according to law? >> well, absolutely. absolutely, senator. >> what short? short here. what is your plan to revitalize the industrial base in this country? >> it needs to be real short. real short. >> serious investment targeted at systems that we truly need. by also in

since then congress, on a strong bipartisan basis, has directed the navy and the national nuclear security administration to continue this separate. do you support that program? >> as of right now, senator, based on what i know, i do. but one of my answers i will have repeatedly throughout this morning is getting an opportunity to look under the hood, classified material. get an understanding of true capabilities vis-a-vis enemy capabilities. what we know right now on the -- russia and china are rushing to modernize and build arsenals larger than ours. we need to match threats to capabilities and the systems we elevate will be tied to whether those capabilities are needed based on the adversaries we face. >> would you insure that this program is executed according to law? >> absolutely. absolutely, senator. >> what -- short here. what is your plan to revitalize the industrial base in this country? >> needs to be real short. >> serious investment targeted at systems that we truly need and also incentivizing competition and laser focus from the office of secretary of defense to all the particular strategic

since then, congress, on a strong bipartisan basis, has directed the navy and the national nuclear security administration to continue this effort. do you support the slocum program? >> as of right now, senator, based on what i know, i do, but one of my answers i'll have repeatedly throughout this this morning is getting an opportunity to look under the hood classified material, get an understanding of true capabilities vis a vis enemy capabilities, because what we know right now on the nuclear sorry, senator, what i know on the nuclear side is that russia and china are rushing to modernize and build arsenals larger than ours. we need to match threats to capabilities, and the systems we elevate will be tied to whether those capabilities are needed based on the adversaries we face. >> would you, um, would you ensure that this program is executed according to law? >> absolutely, absolutely. senator. >> what short? short here. what is your plan to revitalize the industrial base in this country needs to be real short. >> real short um. >> serious investment targeted at systems that we truly need by also incen

high on the list of national security issues for the incoming administration is america's nuclear weapons stockpile. you might recall that during the last trump presidency, his administration weighed whether the u.s. should restart nuclear weapons tests. those haven't been happened since 1992. recently, trump's former national security adviser wrote the tests must happen for, quote, reliability and safety. but that's raising concerns in a community far away from washington, d.c., residents are still living with the fallout from america's first nuclear weapons test. our special contributor, joey chen, traveled to southern new mexico to hear their story. it was early in the morning of july 16th, 1945, when the illusion of peace here in the tularosa basin was shattered. we woke up with a boom, a big boom. the world's first detonation of a nuclear explosive. the trinity test, took place at what was then known as the alamogordo bombing range, roughly 35 miles from the town of tularosa, where 13 year old lucy benavides and her family were startled awake. it shook like it shook the house, and my

since then, congress on a strong, bipartisan basis has directed the navy and national nuclear security administration to continue this effort. do you support this program? mr. hegseth: as of right now based on what i know, one of the answers i will have repeatedly throughout this morning is getting an opportunity to look under the hood, classified material, true capabilities vis-a-vis enemy capabilities. what i know on the nuclear side is russia and china are rushing to modernize and build arsenals larger than ours. we need to match threats to capabilities. we will be tied to whether those capabilities are needed. sen. fischer: would you ensure that this program is executed according to law? mr. hegseth: absolutely. sen. fischer: short here, what is your plan to revitalize the industrial base in this country? >> needs to be real short. mr. hegseth: serious investment, targeted at systems that we truly need by also incentivizing competition and laser focus from the office of secretary defense to all of the strategic initiatives so it's not just one system. >> you may want to expand on that on the reco

administrations officials discussed it several weeks ago. national security advisor jake sullivan presented president biden with a plan to attack iran's nuclear facilities if they rushed to build a nuclear weapon before the inauguration according to a report in axios. the national security council offered no comment. the report says the president did not green light the attack during that meeting and has not done so since. biden did hone in on whether iran has taken steps for a dramatic military strike a few weeks before the transfer of power here in the united states. the thinking behind an attack, israel has degraded iran's air defenses andegional militias, last month antony blinken warned iran against pursuing a nuclear weapon. >> they've lost different tools. they've lost different lines of defense, sure, you will see more thinking about that. the consequences to them for pursuing that route i think would be severe. >> iran has built up its nuclear program during the biden administration. to contain it biden tried restarting the nuclear agreement the trump administration scuttled. iran refused to rejoin. president trump's enjoy says the c

nuclear weapon, everyone leaves him alone. think president trump those that party's national security apparatus knows that. the israeli certainly know that. it would be a great shock to me if the administrationvide severe economic pressures wit will the threat of military force something behind that don't other than the word don't is all of america's enemies large of joe biden said don't the answer was do whatever you please that is not the case of president trump. if he says don't there's usually a fist at the end of that don't. mark: one quick minute left to pay if we do take up their nuclear sites in the government stands we have the knowledge to build nuclear weapons. as of the knowledge you take out the nuclear sites that will hopefully lead to the elimination of that regime which the people there do not want. that is the destruction of the regime once and for all. >> the iranian regime is extremely, extremely attentive footing at this point. it would not take a massive american military presence or intervention in order for that regime to fault the united states have no interest in an intervention with iran certainly president trump this of the goodness again is a very tentative regime

administrations. it's remained vital in framing and influencing debates about u.s. nuclear. you also write that it's a crafted, a new type of career national security professional. unlike his mentors and your peers, he never returned to his pre-world war two occupation as an investment banker. by the way, the wall street chapter is fantastic. i mean, this man had an ten year career on wall street. and reading that, it was like reading biography of steve schwarzman or something. it's quite a lot packed into one life. the early days of the cold war demanded generalists with competence in multiple areas economics, military strategy, intelligence, diplomacy, the know how to achieve results, whether the private sector, academia or government bureaucracies. knutson met the demand. so in a way, you're talking about someone who was right for this moment. and that's what i want to get into now, because the moment where everything was falling apart by his own account, that's where we were the pillars of our postwar foreign policy were failing and they had to go back and address some very fundamental questions about the world in nsc 68. and i think someone li

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