host: let's hear from john in pennsylvania, democrats line for todd harrison. k you, c-span. mr. harrison, i wonder why every 10 years we are at war. the equipment they are using is already considered obsolete, like in ukraine, like in iraq, like in afghanistan and all that other stuff. it seems like every time we are replacing bigger and better machines to a point we are still 50 years behind times with our nuclear arsenal, or something else. yet, we are never catching up. how far do you go before -- you can blow the world up 10 times over and you are still not satisfied? how powerful do you have to get? in world war ii, our soldiers were practicing with paper rifles. host: watch for the language. mr. harrison, go ahead. guest: oftentimes we look at inventory of equipment we have today, and it is not the latest generation of equipment. there is always a push of, we should try and get the latest technology in the hands of our troops. most americans would agree when we send our troops to fight, we want them to have the best equipment of any military in the world.

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