That's helpful. Thank you.
The second thing I want to point to is what the second-last paragraph in your written testimony talks about. You said, “the next major conflict is likely to be in either the far western Pacific Ocean or in the Arctic.” I wonder if you could clarify for the committee the comments on the Arctic.
I don't think we've heard from other witnesses the likelihood of a major conflict in the Arctic. In fact, we had testimony just at our last session that suggested, because of the current conditions in the Arctic, if somebody were to go up there in a naval setting to cause tension, that would be very difficult simply because of speeds and the ice, and their detection would be fairly easy and interdiction would also be easy, either airborne or maritime. I wonder if you could take the committee to your thinking on the possibility of a major conflict in the Arctic.