Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks' Fireside Chat with Honorable Mac Thornberry at the National Defense Industrial Association Emerging Technologies Conference

FORMER HASC CHAIRMAN HONORABLE MAC THORNBERRY: Talking about all the progress you all have made, making greater use of OTAs, middle tiers, some things Congress gave you a few years ago, I'll have to mention. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE KATHLEEN HICKS: Yes. Thank you to the Chairman of the HASC, yes. MAC THORNBERRY: Yeah, but I guess the question -- and your -- lots of accolades about a Replicator- deservedly so. The question is, are we getting better fast enough? I notice that the British chief of staff of the army said he thinks Russian rearmament, Chinese timetable on Taiwan, Iranian nuclear program, are going to come together between now and 2030 to create war. Nobody knows for sure, but....