Senate Proceeding on Jul 21st, 2009 :: 1:36:35 to 1:44:00
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Orrin Hatch: that have been made by, i think, one of the finest men to everyb that's secretary of defense gates. madam president, i yield the floor.

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Speech By: Orrin Hatch

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Orrin Hatch: senator from utah. who yie the senator from geo mr. chambliss: how were time do you mr. hatch: probably seven minutes. mr. chambliss: happy to yield seven minutes to the senator from utah. mr. hatch: i'll try to conserve if i can. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: madam president, i think a good deal of senator

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Orrin Hatch: gates myself. during the july 16 address the secretary of defense, rob gates, said the military needed maximum versatility to bring to a wide range of armed conflicts. in january he argued that "our military must be prepared for a full spectrum of operations including type of combat we face

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Orrin Hatch: in iraq and afghanistan and large-scale threats we face from places like north korea and iran." i cannot agree more with secretary gates. however, just as our nation disregarded the hard-earned lessons of fighting counterinsurgency prayings after operations after vietnam we are limiting

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Orrin Hatch: our capability to defeat the air threat of today and tomorrow, the integritied air defense system. this advanced system is compared of extended range russian surface-to-air missiles as the s-300 and advance fighters which have been sold to large numbers to china and india. together the penetrating hostile area space

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Orrin Hatch: difficult if not deadly for aircraft lacking the f two's f-22's advanced technology for speed. this capabilities enable the raptor to have the capability to conduct stealth operation at any time of day or night and secretary gates argued for

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Orrin Hatch: stopping production after only 187 are build because we are not adversary" for the foreseeable future. i hope he is right but i believe this statement misses a critical point. advanced integrated air defense systems are inexpensive and

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Orrin Hatch: affordable by nations such as iran with insistence on de history provides ample examples of the effective use of integrated air defense systems by nations that lack resources to be considered near peer adversary of the united states. as retired lieutenant michaeld unn noted, north vietnam

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Orrin Hatch: defended their territory with what at the time was an advanced air defense system which comprised of surface-to-air missiles and fewer than 200 fighters able to shoot down 2,448 the 1973 war between israel and egypt is another example. the egyptians, learning from the

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Orrin Hatch: recent get, built integrated air defense umbrella where the forces are able to initially make significant territorial gains while the israeli air force faced serious losses. only when the egyptians advanced beyond the range of their surface-to-air missiles umbrella was the israeli air force able to find or inflict a significant

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Orrin Hatch: employee. a blow -- and then the night hark to the serbs ans who did not have the latest system and despite the examples some argue additional f-22's are not necessary because stealthy jet powered unmanned aerial vehicles are still under

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Orrin Hatch: development will place an increasingly vital role in destroying critical ground targets. this is true for threats on the ground but i am to deploy a u.a.v. that dog fights exiting or next generation russian and chinese jet fighters which will be hunting the

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Orrin Hatch: have the next generation to fight with soon. the russian government is working on a new aircraft to counter the f-22 which is being developed jointly with the indian government. additional media sources cite china's development of a twin

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Orrin Hatch: engine aircraft nope as th aircraft known as the j-12 which can defeat the advanced aircraft. f-35 is capable aircraft but designed to complement the f-22 not replace it. the f-35 is neither as capable

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Orrin Hatch: or as stlty stealthy at the f two and be updaded to use the super cruise engines needed in today's operations. the f-22 is the nascar racer of this air dominance team. fast and not seen it punches a hole in the enemy's defenses dispatching any challen the air and striking the

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Orrin Hatch: important ground joint fight certificate be maneuvered. the f-35 is still a highly capable stealthy aircraft but

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Orrin Hatch: the role is to supplement the f f-22 not substitute. only by iewg by using both aircraft do we ensure dominance. if it is a boondoggle why does japan and australia want to spend billions on the aircraft? why will australia purchase 100

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Orrin Hatch: of the f-35 but interested in the f-22? perhaps it is because australia understands the russians and chinese are developing even more sophisticated surface-to-air missile systems and stealth fighters, threats the f-22 is designed and equipped to destroy. madam president, others point out the f-22 support of our operations in

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Orrin Hatch: iraq and afghanistan. this is true. however, there were recent plans to deploy the f-22 to the portiopersian gulf but according to the widely respected "defense news," the pentagon overruled the plans over concerns of "strategic dislocation."

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Orrin Hatch: this means the f-22 is hardly a dinosaur. it is a weapon that can change the balance of power to a region and deter adversaries. in conclusion, i am reminded of a point made in a book on the battle of britain, observing that "even though the two british prime ministers before churchill pursued a policy of appeasement they committed the

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Orrin Hatch: government to develop and procure the three pieces of equipment, the hurricane fighter and radar which were to ensure that nation's survival during the battle of britain." i hope the senate profits from