1 00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:04,850 Good afternoon , everybody . Just a 2 00:00:04,850 --> 00:00:07,072 couple of things at the top , we'll get 3 00:00:07,072 --> 00:00:10,620 right to your questions . So as you are 4 00:00:10,620 --> 00:00:13,540 aware , D O D announced in January that 5 00:00:13,540 --> 00:00:15,762 the United States would be providing 31 6 00:00:15,762 --> 00:00:18,630 M one Abrams tanks to Ukraine under the 7 00:00:18,630 --> 00:00:20,910 Ukraine Security Assistance initiative 8 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,087 with the intent of providing the M one 9 00:00:23,087 --> 00:00:25,840 A two variant . However , ever since 10 00:00:25,850 --> 00:00:27,906 we've made this announcement , we've 11 00:00:27,906 --> 00:00:30,072 been committed to exploring options to 12 00:00:30,072 --> 00:00:31,961 deliver the armored capability as 13 00:00:31,961 --> 00:00:34,183 quickly as possible . And after further 14 00:00:34,183 --> 00:00:36,239 study and analysis on how best to do 15 00:00:36,239 --> 00:00:38,350 this D O D in close coordination with 16 00:00:38,350 --> 00:00:40,183 Ukraine has made the decision to 17 00:00:40,183 --> 00:00:42,350 provide the M one A one variant of the 18 00:00:42,350 --> 00:00:44,461 Abrams tank , which will enable us to 19 00:00:44,461 --> 00:00:46,628 signal significantly expedite delivery 20 00:00:46,628 --> 00:00:48,720 timelines and deliver this important 21 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,887 capability to Ukraine . By the fall of 22 00:00:50,887 --> 00:00:53,240 this year , it will also give Ukraine a 23 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:55,510 very similar capability to the M one A 24 00:00:55,510 --> 00:00:57,732 two , which includes advanced armor and 25 00:00:57,732 --> 00:01:00,390 weapons systems to include a 120 26 00:01:00,390 --> 00:01:02,650 millimeter cannon and 50 caliber heavy 27 00:01:02,650 --> 00:01:04,980 machine gun . Again , this is about 28 00:01:04,980 --> 00:01:06,647 getting this important combat 29 00:01:06,647 --> 00:01:08,480 capability into the hands of the 30 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,591 Ukrainians sooner rather than later . 31 00:01:10,591 --> 00:01:12,702 And we'll be sure to keep you updated 32 00:01:12,702 --> 00:01:14,591 as additional information becomes 33 00:01:14,591 --> 00:01:16,591 available on a separate but related 34 00:01:16,591 --> 00:01:18,647 note , D O D announced yesterday the 35 00:01:18,647 --> 00:01:20,758 authorization of another presidential 36 00:01:20,758 --> 00:01:22,980 drawdown of security assistance to meet 37 00:01:22,980 --> 00:01:25,202 Ukraine's critical security and defense 38 00:01:25,202 --> 00:01:27,369 needs . The authorization was the 34th 39 00:01:27,369 --> 00:01:29,202 drawdown of equipment from D O D 40 00:01:29,202 --> 00:01:31,258 inventories for Ukraine since August 41 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:34,470 2021 is valued at up to $350 million . 42 00:01:34,990 --> 00:01:36,712 This security package included 43 00:01:36,712 --> 00:01:38,879 ammunition for high mobility artillery 44 00:01:38,879 --> 00:01:42,190 rocket systems , additional 1155 45 00:01:42,190 --> 00:01:44,280 millimeter artillery rounds , 25 46 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,391 millimeter ammunition mortar rounds , 47 00:01:46,391 --> 00:01:48,280 small arms and various additional 48 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,280 capabilities . The full details of this 49 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,391 security package and the current fact 50 00:01:53,391 --> 00:01:55,613 sheet can be found on defense dot gov . 51 00:01:55,780 --> 00:01:57,724 And finally , Secretary Austin and 52 00:01:57,724 --> 00:01:59,836 chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 53 00:01:59,836 --> 00:02:01,891 General Milley will testify Thursday 54 00:02:01,891 --> 00:02:03,669 before the House appropriations 55 00:02:03,669 --> 00:02:05,836 subcommittee on defense and support of 56 00:02:05,836 --> 00:02:07,780 the president's budget request for 57 00:02:07,780 --> 00:02:09,947 fiscal year 2020 for the secretary and 58 00:02:09,947 --> 00:02:12,113 chairman , look forward to speaking to 59 00:02:12,113 --> 00:02:14,336 members of Congress on the department's 60 00:02:14,336 --> 00:02:14,040 efforts to build a budget aimed at 61 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,610 keeping America secure in the 21st 62 00:02:16,610 --> 00:02:18,840 century . As Secretary Austin will 63 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:20,840 highlight this is a strategy driven 64 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:22,896 budget That will help the department 65 00:02:22,896 --> 00:02:25,118 continue to implement our 2022 National 66 00:02:25,118 --> 00:02:27,173 Defense Strategy and the President's 67 00:02:27,173 --> 00:02:29,284 National Security Strategy . And with 68 00:02:29,284 --> 00:02:31,618 that , I'm happy to take your questions . 69 00:02:31,618 --> 00:02:34,150 We'll go to Reuters first today . Um 70 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,380 You said the , the change in tanks 71 00:02:38,390 --> 00:02:40,610 would significantly significantly 72 00:02:40,610 --> 00:02:42,666 expedite the timeline . What was the 73 00:02:42,666 --> 00:02:44,777 original timeline and how much faster 74 00:02:44,777 --> 00:02:46,777 are they going to move ? And then I 75 00:02:46,777 --> 00:02:49,110 have a separate question . Yeah , great , 76 00:02:49,110 --> 00:02:51,332 great eaters . So we never got into the 77 00:02:51,332 --> 00:02:53,554 specifics . Other than to say , we were 78 00:02:53,554 --> 00:02:55,721 projecting , it would be probably over 79 00:02:55,721 --> 00:02:57,832 a year or so before we have been able 80 00:02:57,832 --> 00:02:59,999 to deliver that , that a two variant . 81 00:02:59,999 --> 00:03:02,490 And so again , this approach will allow 82 00:03:02,490 --> 00:03:04,601 us to get that combat capability them 83 00:03:04,601 --> 00:03:06,823 quicker . And then separately , um Have 84 00:03:06,823 --> 00:03:09,210 you seen the Russians um pick up any 85 00:03:09,220 --> 00:03:11,710 pieces of the downed drone in the Black 86 00:03:11,710 --> 00:03:14,340 Sea ? And , and secondly , um Britain 87 00:03:14,340 --> 00:03:17,100 today said that they were gonna send um 88 00:03:17,110 --> 00:03:19,830 munitions with depleted uranium . Is 89 00:03:19,830 --> 00:03:21,774 the U S sending any munitions with 90 00:03:21,774 --> 00:03:23,997 depleted uranium to Ukraine ? Yeah . So 91 00:03:23,997 --> 00:03:25,997 on your latter question , not to my 92 00:03:25,997 --> 00:03:28,560 knowledge , we are not as far as the 93 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,260 Russians go and MQ nine . Again , we 94 00:03:31,260 --> 00:03:33,570 have seen press reports That they may 95 00:03:33,570 --> 00:03:35,792 have picked up some surface debris . We 96 00:03:35,792 --> 00:03:37,959 can't corroborate those reports to the 97 00:03:37,959 --> 00:03:39,737 best of our knowledge , as I've 98 00:03:39,737 --> 00:03:41,514 mentioned previously , it's our 99 00:03:41,514 --> 00:03:43,540 estimation that the MQ nine when it 100 00:03:43,540 --> 00:03:46,620 crashed went very deep uh and has not 101 00:03:46,620 --> 00:03:49,600 been recovered . Okay , let me go ahead 102 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,878 and go ahead to Tony a little bit more . 103 00:03:51,878 --> 00:03:54,044 Can we walk through the details of the 104 00:03:54,044 --> 00:03:56,211 tank a little bit more ? These are not 105 00:03:56,211 --> 00:03:58,100 M one A one's from us stocks . My 106 00:03:58,100 --> 00:04:00,100 understanding these are refurbished 107 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:02,267 holes that will become M one A one S A 108 00:04:02,267 --> 00:04:04,044 models is that accurate ? So my 109 00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:06,156 understanding Toni is that these will 110 00:04:06,156 --> 00:04:08,860 be uh excess holes in our inventory 111 00:04:08,870 --> 00:04:11,370 that we will refurbish refit through a 112 00:04:11,370 --> 00:04:14,160 combination of us ai and security 113 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,650 assistance packages in order to make 114 00:04:16,650 --> 00:04:18,610 them combat ready . These will be 115 00:04:18,610 --> 00:04:20,890 retrofitted refurbished in Lima Ohio at 116 00:04:20,890 --> 00:04:23,223 the army's tank plan as far as you know . 117 00:04:23,223 --> 00:04:25,279 Yeah , I'm not going to get into the 118 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,057 specifics of where they will be 119 00:04:27,057 --> 00:04:29,112 refurbished . But , um , Yeah , just 120 00:04:29,112 --> 00:04:31,279 one more . How much money roughly will 121 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,240 general dynamics get from us ? I a 122 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,930 funds to refurbish the hulls ? Yeah , 123 00:04:35,940 --> 00:04:38,690 so uh the the initial announcement in 124 00:04:38,690 --> 00:04:41,020 January is 400 million for the USA I 125 00:04:41,030 --> 00:04:43,197 will come back to you with any updates 126 00:04:43,197 --> 00:04:45,470 on the the overall total cost . But at 127 00:04:45,470 --> 00:04:47,692 this time , I don't anticipate it would 128 00:04:47,692 --> 00:04:51,650 be very much beyond that . Thanks . Uh 129 00:04:51,660 --> 00:04:55,180 Two questions , two questions back when 130 00:04:55,180 --> 00:04:57,130 the tanks announcement was made in 131 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:59,074 January . Your colleague , Sabrina 132 00:04:59,074 --> 00:05:01,074 Singh has said the U S doesn't have 133 00:05:01,074 --> 00:05:03,186 these tanks available in U S stocks . 134 00:05:03,190 --> 00:05:05,950 What changed ? Did the US find more in 135 00:05:05,950 --> 00:05:08,117 stocks that you have these in excess ? 136 00:05:08,117 --> 00:05:10,880 And the second question relates to um 137 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:14,130 the the MQ nine encounter with the 138 00:05:14,140 --> 00:05:16,610 Russians last week . Uh The U S has 139 00:05:16,610 --> 00:05:18,832 resumed drone operations over the Black 140 00:05:18,832 --> 00:05:20,943 Sea's since then . But has there been 141 00:05:20,943 --> 00:05:22,832 any change or adjustment to those 142 00:05:22,832 --> 00:05:24,777 operations that you can speak to ? 143 00:05:24,777 --> 00:05:26,999 Thanks . So , so really what you know , 144 00:05:26,999 --> 00:05:29,221 to put that into context ? What what we 145 00:05:29,221 --> 00:05:31,166 were talking about at the time was 146 00:05:31,166 --> 00:05:33,388 whether or not we had M one , a , one's 147 00:05:33,388 --> 00:05:35,554 that we're gonna roll off . The , um , 148 00:05:35,554 --> 00:05:35,070 ones in general are gonna roll off the 149 00:05:35,070 --> 00:05:37,460 line ready to go forward . So we're 150 00:05:37,460 --> 00:05:39,627 talking about a different thing here . 151 00:05:39,627 --> 00:05:41,849 Right . We're talking about refitting , 152 00:05:41,849 --> 00:05:44,071 refurbishing , uh , these holes to make 153 00:05:44,071 --> 00:05:46,127 them ready on a quicker timeline for 154 00:05:46,127 --> 00:05:48,520 Ukraine . As far as Black Sea 155 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,576 operations go . You are correct . We 156 00:05:50,576 --> 00:05:52,870 are continuing to conduct operations 157 00:05:52,870 --> 00:05:54,820 over the Black Sea flying in 158 00:05:54,820 --> 00:05:56,876 international airspace in accordance 159 00:05:56,876 --> 00:05:58,931 with international law , wherever it 160 00:05:58,931 --> 00:06:01,098 will allow us to do so , I'm not gonna 161 00:06:01,098 --> 00:06:03,153 for operation security reasons , not 162 00:06:03,153 --> 00:06:05,098 going to get into the specifics of 163 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:06,820 routes , missions , you know , 164 00:06:06,820 --> 00:06:09,153 timelines and things like that . But we , 165 00:06:09,153 --> 00:06:08,550 we are continuing to conduct those 166 00:06:08,550 --> 00:06:09,800 operations , Kassem 167 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,024 General . Thank you . I have a few 168 00:06:14,024 --> 00:06:17,180 questions from last week , your partner 169 00:06:17,180 --> 00:06:20,440 SDF made a statement that two of their 170 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,140 helicopters carrying their members to 171 00:06:24,150 --> 00:06:26,860 northern Iraq crashed in northern Iraq . 172 00:06:26,870 --> 00:06:29,420 And the statement said they were on a 173 00:06:29,430 --> 00:06:33,210 training exchange mission . What 174 00:06:33,210 --> 00:06:37,060 role the U S military uh did U S 175 00:06:37,060 --> 00:06:39,400 military play in this so called 176 00:06:39,610 --> 00:06:42,050 exercise exchange of training in 177 00:06:42,050 --> 00:06:44,970 northern Iraq ? And also was , were any 178 00:06:44,970 --> 00:06:47,080 of the funds provided by the United 179 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,100 States used in that mission ? Yeah , 180 00:06:50,110 --> 00:06:52,332 thanks . Um I know we talked about this 181 00:06:52,332 --> 00:06:54,443 earlier , but I'm I'm happy to answer 182 00:06:54,443 --> 00:06:56,166 it again here in front of your 183 00:06:56,166 --> 00:06:58,277 colleagues . Uh So again , the United 184 00:06:58,277 --> 00:07:00,388 States had nothing . No participation 185 00:07:00,388 --> 00:07:02,980 whatsoever . Uh And the SDF helicopter 186 00:07:02,980 --> 00:07:05,147 flights , as you know , the SDF is its 187 00:07:05,147 --> 00:07:07,091 own force , they conduct their own 188 00:07:07,091 --> 00:07:09,313 operations . We do partner with the SDF 189 00:07:09,313 --> 00:07:11,890 on defeat ISIS operations regularly . 190 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:14,020 But again , there was no U S or 191 00:07:14,020 --> 00:07:16,242 coalition involvement in the helicopter 192 00:07:16,250 --> 00:07:18,710 uh incident . Uh Nor do we have any 193 00:07:18,710 --> 00:07:22,170 knowledge either before uh that mission 194 00:07:22,170 --> 00:07:24,730 took place just to follow up on that . 195 00:07:24,730 --> 00:07:27,950 So you say you don't have any knowledge 196 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,590 and you were not involved , but you 197 00:07:30,590 --> 00:07:32,701 know , United States is training this 198 00:07:32,701 --> 00:07:34,923 force . United States is equipping this 199 00:07:34,923 --> 00:07:37,840 force . How confident are you that this 200 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:39,896 capability is provided by the United 201 00:07:39,896 --> 00:07:41,840 States ? The funds provided by the 202 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,007 United States are not going to be used 203 00:07:44,007 --> 00:07:46,062 by this group against your NATO ally 204 00:07:46,062 --> 00:07:48,229 Turkey in the future . Again , the SDF 205 00:07:48,229 --> 00:07:50,229 has been a very valuable partner in 206 00:07:50,229 --> 00:07:52,740 confronting ISIS and will continue to 207 00:07:52,740 --> 00:07:55,890 partner with SDF to confront and defeat 208 00:07:55,900 --> 00:07:59,850 ISIS in an enduring way . We train 209 00:07:59,860 --> 00:08:02,160 a lot of forces around the world , many 210 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,382 of which conduct their own operations . 211 00:08:04,382 --> 00:08:06,630 But again , in this , in this case , we 212 00:08:06,630 --> 00:08:08,797 will , you know , again , we have , we 213 00:08:08,797 --> 00:08:11,074 have no involvement , no participation . 214 00:08:11,074 --> 00:08:13,352 I'm not sure how else you'd like me to , 215 00:08:13,352 --> 00:08:16,200 to say that other than just to keep , 216 00:08:16,210 --> 00:08:18,432 I'm just wondering if , if you have any 217 00:08:18,432 --> 00:08:20,654 concerns or , or , or how are confident 218 00:08:20,654 --> 00:08:22,970 are you that this group getting into 219 00:08:22,970 --> 00:08:25,070 Iraq coming back into Syria and is 220 00:08:25,070 --> 00:08:27,181 being trained ? Yeah , I'll allow the 221 00:08:27,181 --> 00:08:29,070 SDF to speak for themselves . But 222 00:08:29,070 --> 00:08:30,070 thanks Kassim . 223 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,020 Uh so on Russia's claim that it 224 00:08:35,020 --> 00:08:38,100 intercepted two B 52 bombers in the 225 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:40,650 Baltic Sea today . Um The U S has 226 00:08:40,650 --> 00:08:42,930 pushed back against that language . How 227 00:08:42,930 --> 00:08:45,152 would you define what did happen in the 228 00:08:45,152 --> 00:08:48,480 Baltic Sea ? And is uh do you consider 229 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,730 this Russian propaganda ? Um I don't 230 00:08:51,730 --> 00:08:54,080 know that I would necessarily call it 231 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,450 propaganda , perhaps bad information , 232 00:08:56,460 --> 00:08:58,571 inaccurate information and I'll leave 233 00:08:58,571 --> 00:09:01,230 you to characterize it . Um The US Air 234 00:09:01,230 --> 00:09:03,341 Forces in Europe did post a statement 235 00:09:03,341 --> 00:09:05,563 to their website and , and I'm happy to 236 00:09:05,563 --> 00:09:07,452 provide the details here . We had 237 00:09:07,452 --> 00:09:10,320 yesterday to B 50 two's were conducting 238 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,487 a long range bomber task force mission 239 00:09:12,487 --> 00:09:14,320 with NATO allies and partners in 240 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,320 Estonian airspace . The mission was 241 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,320 part of normally scheduled training 242 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,431 operations , coordinated months prior 243 00:09:20,431 --> 00:09:22,431 to execution in accordance with the 244 00:09:22,431 --> 00:09:24,376 flight standards specified with an 245 00:09:24,376 --> 00:09:26,020 international civil aviation 246 00:09:26,020 --> 00:09:28,360 organization guidelines to include 247 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,471 filing international flight plans and 248 00:09:30,471 --> 00:09:32,693 operating with due regard for safety of 249 00:09:32,693 --> 00:09:34,650 all aircraft . The , the important 250 00:09:34,660 --> 00:09:36,882 thing here is that the flights remained 251 00:09:36,882 --> 00:09:39,530 within Estonian airspace the entire 252 00:09:39,530 --> 00:09:41,697 flight with an approximate distance of 253 00:09:41,697 --> 00:09:44,180 50 nautical miles from Russian airspace 254 00:09:44,530 --> 00:09:47,540 And at no point did the B- 52 s make 255 00:09:47,540 --> 00:09:49,620 contact with Russian aircraft ? So 256 00:09:49,630 --> 00:09:51,408 those are the facts . Yes sir . 257 00:09:52,990 --> 00:09:55,630 North Korea launch Palestinians from 258 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,110 underground silo . How do you assess 259 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,231 this North Korean capability ? Do you 260 00:10:00,231 --> 00:10:02,398 think that this make the United States 261 00:10:02,398 --> 00:10:04,287 more difficult to deal with North 262 00:10:04,287 --> 00:10:06,398 Korean missile threat . I think we've 263 00:10:06,398 --> 00:10:08,509 been aware for a very long time . The 264 00:10:08,509 --> 00:10:10,342 challenges associated with North 265 00:10:10,342 --> 00:10:12,064 Korea's missile program . It's 266 00:10:12,064 --> 00:10:14,176 something that we continue to watch , 267 00:10:14,176 --> 00:10:16,176 monitor very closely , something we 268 00:10:16,176 --> 00:10:18,120 continue to consult about with our 269 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,231 allies and our partners in the region 270 00:10:20,231 --> 00:10:22,570 to address . Uh So we'll continue to do 271 00:10:22,570 --> 00:10:24,710 that . Thank you . You go back over 272 00:10:24,710 --> 00:10:26,821 here , we go and then we'll come over 273 00:10:26,821 --> 00:10:26,380 here . 274 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,153 Thank you very much . I have two 275 00:10:33,153 --> 00:10:35,550 questions . First , the secretary had a 276 00:10:35,550 --> 00:10:37,490 Hong Kong with his Philippine 277 00:10:37,490 --> 00:10:39,770 counterpart yesterday . Then this is 278 00:10:39,770 --> 00:10:41,937 the second Hong Kong between them over 279 00:10:41,937 --> 00:10:44,159 the last one month . Does the secretary 280 00:10:44,159 --> 00:10:46,340 have any particular concerns about 281 00:10:46,350 --> 00:10:48,610 what's going on around the Philippines 282 00:10:48,610 --> 00:10:50,580 today , particularly the Chinese 283 00:10:50,590 --> 00:10:53,250 behavior in the South China Sea ? Yeah , 284 00:10:53,260 --> 00:10:55,340 thanks Ro . So so first of all , the 285 00:10:55,350 --> 00:10:57,660 most important thing is as as 286 00:10:57,670 --> 00:11:00,390 emphasized in the read out the 287 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,720 secretary , as does the Department of 288 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,720 Defense , very much appreciates the 289 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,664 relationship that we have with our 290 00:11:06,664 --> 00:11:09,250 Filipino allies . And so use this as an 291 00:11:09,250 --> 00:11:12,070 opportunity to again reaffirm our 292 00:11:12,070 --> 00:11:14,650 unwavering alliance commitment to the 293 00:11:14,660 --> 00:11:17,190 Philippines as the readout highlighted 294 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,360 he did express concerns about recent 295 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,770 China Chinese activity in particular , 296 00:11:21,780 --> 00:11:23,480 the Lazing incident which was 297 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,540 highlighted in the readout . And so 298 00:11:26,540 --> 00:11:28,651 again , our focus is on continuing to 299 00:11:28,651 --> 00:11:30,651 work with the Philippines and other 300 00:11:30,651 --> 00:11:32,707 allies and partners in the region to 301 00:11:32,707 --> 00:11:35,040 ensure that the Indo Pacific stays free , 302 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,200 open , secure and stable . Thank you . 303 00:11:38,210 --> 00:11:39,988 Separately , the Japanese Prime 304 00:11:39,988 --> 00:11:42,154 Minister Kishida made a surprise visit 305 00:11:42,154 --> 00:11:44,840 to Ukraine today . How much do you 306 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,280 think that support from Asian countries 307 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,340 like Japan could matter to stop Russian 308 00:11:51,350 --> 00:11:54,020 invasion has more broadly to maintain 309 00:11:54,030 --> 00:11:56,400 the rules based international order . 310 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,050 Yeah , so I obviously won't speak for 311 00:11:59,050 --> 00:12:01,210 Japan , but I do , I do think broadly 312 00:12:01,210 --> 00:12:03,377 speaking , this is again demonstrative 313 00:12:03,377 --> 00:12:05,610 of the international community's 314 00:12:05,610 --> 00:12:09,200 support for Ukraine . Uh and , and 315 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:10,978 demonstrating that the kinds of 316 00:12:10,978 --> 00:12:13,200 activities Russia has taken in terms of 317 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,580 invading its peaceful sovereign 318 00:12:15,580 --> 00:12:18,430 neighbor is unacceptable . And so 319 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,150 you've heard other leaders to include 320 00:12:21,150 --> 00:12:24,100 Secretary Austin , talk about uh the 321 00:12:24,110 --> 00:12:26,270 the impact of the international rules 322 00:12:26,270 --> 00:12:28,750 based order on keeping the peace most 323 00:12:28,750 --> 00:12:30,917 notably to include in the Indo Pacific 324 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:33,040 region . So I do think it is uh 325 00:12:33,050 --> 00:12:36,210 significant . Um and we do continue to 326 00:12:36,210 --> 00:12:38,432 appreciate , appreciate Japan and other 327 00:12:38,432 --> 00:12:41,030 countries support for Ukraine when it 328 00:12:41,030 --> 00:12:43,620 comes to securing an international 329 00:12:43,620 --> 00:12:45,731 rules based order . Thank you . We'll 330 00:12:45,731 --> 00:12:47,509 go back here and then up here . 331 00:12:48,820 --> 00:12:52,240 Uh So China and Russia have recently 332 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,510 pledged strategic support and are 333 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,409 trying to kind of establish a new 334 00:12:56,409 --> 00:12:58,870 multipolar world order is the military 335 00:12:58,870 --> 00:13:00,759 doing anything to prevent further 336 00:13:00,759 --> 00:13:02,592 aggression from other democratic 337 00:13:02,592 --> 00:13:05,630 nations ? Um Absolutely , if you look 338 00:13:05,630 --> 00:13:07,686 at our national defense strategy , I 339 00:13:07,686 --> 00:13:09,519 mean , that's squarely what it's 340 00:13:09,519 --> 00:13:11,686 focused on highlighting that , that we 341 00:13:11,686 --> 00:13:13,463 consider China to be the pacing 342 00:13:13,463 --> 00:13:15,574 challenge and that Russia is an acute 343 00:13:15,574 --> 00:13:17,574 threat . Uh And , and that strategy 344 00:13:17,574 --> 00:13:19,686 does address the relationship between 345 00:13:19,686 --> 00:13:21,797 China and Russia and what we're going 346 00:13:21,797 --> 00:13:24,450 to do to protect the American people , 347 00:13:24,460 --> 00:13:26,293 to protect our national security 348 00:13:26,293 --> 00:13:28,127 interests , deter aggression and 349 00:13:28,127 --> 00:13:30,127 ideally work with our international 350 00:13:30,127 --> 00:13:32,293 partners and allies to ensure that the 351 00:13:32,293 --> 00:13:34,182 world does remain stable under an 352 00:13:34,182 --> 00:13:36,293 international rules based order . And 353 00:13:36,293 --> 00:13:38,516 if I could do one quick follow up , the 354 00:13:38,516 --> 00:13:40,516 jets have recently been promised by 355 00:13:40,516 --> 00:13:42,682 Poland and Slovakia , what factors are 356 00:13:42,682 --> 00:13:44,849 going into your guys' consideration as 357 00:13:44,849 --> 00:13:47,071 to whether the U S would provide them ? 358 00:13:47,071 --> 00:13:49,238 Yes . So as you have heard us say , we 359 00:13:49,238 --> 00:13:51,460 don't have anything to announce at this 360 00:13:51,460 --> 00:13:53,460 point in terms of fighter jets , we 361 00:13:53,460 --> 00:13:55,571 certainly welcome countries providing 362 00:13:55,571 --> 00:13:57,793 security assistance to Ukraine in their 363 00:13:57,793 --> 00:14:00,127 fight . Uh And so just leave it at that . 364 00:14:00,127 --> 00:14:03,320 Thank you . Yes , sir . Thank you 365 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,710 general . It's a follow up on one of 366 00:14:05,710 --> 00:14:08,043 the subjects that you've just spoken to . 367 00:14:08,043 --> 00:14:09,880 It's the helicopter incident in 368 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:11,880 Northeast Syria and northern Iraq . 369 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,980 It's just just trying to understand 370 00:14:13,980 --> 00:14:15,813 because I'm really struggling to 371 00:14:15,813 --> 00:14:17,813 understand the fact that the United 372 00:14:17,813 --> 00:14:19,924 States didn't have any information at 373 00:14:19,924 --> 00:14:22,147 all about these helicopter flights that 374 00:14:22,147 --> 00:14:24,202 are taken off from northeast Syria , 375 00:14:24,202 --> 00:14:26,424 that there's a U S base with about 1000 376 00:14:26,424 --> 00:14:28,424 troops that we just heard last week 377 00:14:28,424 --> 00:14:31,600 from the , from Mr Miller as well . Um 378 00:14:32,020 --> 00:14:34,131 Is it really the case that the United 379 00:14:34,131 --> 00:14:36,131 States didn't know these helicopter 380 00:14:36,131 --> 00:14:38,242 flights that were , you know , in the 381 00:14:38,242 --> 00:14:40,353 vicinity of a massive U S base in the 382 00:14:40,353 --> 00:14:42,464 region ? Is that the case ? So , so , 383 00:14:42,464 --> 00:14:44,576 so first of all , again , just to put 384 00:14:44,576 --> 00:14:46,631 things into perspective on any given 385 00:14:46,631 --> 00:14:46,050 day . We're monitoring a lot of 386 00:14:46,050 --> 00:14:48,161 different activities around the world 387 00:14:48,161 --> 00:14:50,106 and I'm not going to get into what 388 00:14:50,106 --> 00:14:52,270 specific operations outside of us , 389 00:14:52,270 --> 00:14:54,492 coalition operations that we may or may 390 00:14:54,492 --> 00:14:56,603 not be monitoring . The . My response 391 00:14:56,603 --> 00:14:58,826 to Qassams question was that the United 392 00:14:58,826 --> 00:15:00,548 States was not involved in any 393 00:15:00,548 --> 00:15:02,826 helicopter operations or SD operations , 394 00:15:02,826 --> 00:15:04,465 cross border operations . My 395 00:15:04,465 --> 00:15:06,409 understanding is it was a training 396 00:15:06,409 --> 00:15:08,632 mission , but again , I'd have to refer 397 00:15:08,632 --> 00:15:10,354 to the SDF to talk about their 398 00:15:10,354 --> 00:15:12,465 operations because we also heard last 399 00:15:12,465 --> 00:15:14,687 week , for example , the Russian unsafe 400 00:15:14,687 --> 00:15:16,909 and irresponsible flights also over the 401 00:15:16,909 --> 00:15:18,965 U S base in Northeast Syria . So the 402 00:15:18,965 --> 00:15:21,187 United States is very well aware of all 403 00:15:21,187 --> 00:15:23,298 the activities in the vicinity . So I 404 00:15:23,298 --> 00:15:25,465 understand that the U S may or may not 405 00:15:25,465 --> 00:15:27,521 be involved in , but it's just the , 406 00:15:27,521 --> 00:15:29,409 you know , the optics of it . You 407 00:15:29,409 --> 00:15:29,370 didn't have any idea . I'm just trying 408 00:15:29,370 --> 00:15:31,481 to , I said that the U S did not have 409 00:15:31,481 --> 00:15:33,537 any involvement with the operation . 410 00:15:33,537 --> 00:15:35,648 Thank you General , choosing my words 411 00:15:35,648 --> 00:15:37,870 very specifically their go to Tom . And 412 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:41,670 then Joe , thanks sir . On that phrase , 413 00:15:41,670 --> 00:15:43,892 choosing your words very specifically . 414 00:15:44,020 --> 00:15:46,810 It's perfect . Uh When you responded to 415 00:15:46,810 --> 00:15:48,754 a row about his question about the 416 00:15:48,754 --> 00:15:50,754 Philippines , you described the U S 417 00:15:50,754 --> 00:15:52,477 support for the Philippines as 418 00:15:52,477 --> 00:15:55,840 unwavering alliance commitment . That's 419 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,896 not a phrase we often hear . Usually 420 00:15:57,896 --> 00:16:00,660 it's rock solid or ironclad . Is there 421 00:16:00,660 --> 00:16:02,500 a difference in nuance in that ? 422 00:16:02,510 --> 00:16:04,566 Because it's a new relationship with 423 00:16:04,566 --> 00:16:07,570 the Philippines . Uh you know , uh 424 00:16:09,530 --> 00:16:11,410 we have had a very long standing 425 00:16:11,420 --> 00:16:13,531 relationship with the Philippines and 426 00:16:13,531 --> 00:16:16,170 it is rock solid and iron Clyde . Thank 427 00:16:16,170 --> 00:16:18,990 you . Let me go to Joe and 428 00:16:18,990 --> 00:16:21,110 unwavering . 429 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,070 Thanks , Pat . Um We've , we've been 430 00:16:27,070 --> 00:16:29,470 hearing um in recent weeks that our 431 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,369 army officials say that they were 432 00:16:31,369 --> 00:16:35,110 working on a way to speed up um Abrams 433 00:16:35,110 --> 00:16:37,020 deliveries , but some of the 434 00:16:37,020 --> 00:16:40,150 considerations were um impacting army 435 00:16:40,150 --> 00:16:43,060 readiness and also deliveries to allies . 436 00:16:43,060 --> 00:16:45,282 Can you tell us how those concerns were 437 00:16:45,282 --> 00:16:47,840 mitigated in this plan ? Yeah , thanks 438 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,007 Joe . So I don't want to speak for the 439 00:16:50,007 --> 00:16:52,062 army . I'd refer you to them to talk 440 00:16:52,062 --> 00:16:54,229 through their specific , uh you know , 441 00:16:54,229 --> 00:16:56,173 their specific aspects in terms of 442 00:16:56,173 --> 00:16:57,951 readiness considerations . As I 443 00:16:57,951 --> 00:17:00,007 mentioned at the top , from the very 444 00:17:00,007 --> 00:17:01,562 beginning when we made this 445 00:17:01,562 --> 00:17:03,784 announcement , our , our team here in D 446 00:17:03,784 --> 00:17:05,784 O D working with the army , working 447 00:17:05,784 --> 00:17:07,784 with the Ukrainians were looking at 448 00:17:07,784 --> 00:17:09,618 ways that we could expedite this 449 00:17:09,618 --> 00:17:11,729 process to get them that capability . 450 00:17:11,729 --> 00:17:13,618 And so this Again , based on that 451 00:17:13,618 --> 00:17:15,729 further study and analysis , this was 452 00:17:15,729 --> 00:17:17,784 the , the approach that we landed on 453 00:17:17,784 --> 00:17:19,951 that , we feel confident we'll be able 454 00:17:19,951 --> 00:17:22,118 to get those tanks to them by the fall 455 00:17:22,118 --> 00:17:25,930 time frame . And um Poland has 456 00:17:25,930 --> 00:17:29,420 been in line for um M1 , a one's maybe 457 00:17:29,420 --> 00:17:32,260 other countries are any of those um 458 00:17:32,270 --> 00:17:34,570 deliveries going to shift at all , um 459 00:17:34,580 --> 00:17:36,490 or you know what's going to take 460 00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:38,980 precedence here . So to my knowledge , 461 00:17:38,990 --> 00:17:40,823 this will not affect any foreign 462 00:17:40,823 --> 00:17:42,934 military sales . But let me take that 463 00:17:42,934 --> 00:17:45,101 question specifically as it relates to 464 00:17:45,101 --> 00:17:47,379 Poland . Uh and we'll come back to you . 465 00:17:47,379 --> 00:17:49,101 Thank you . You got a motion . 466 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:55,620 Thanks . One quick question on forts 467 00:17:55,630 --> 00:17:57,408 out of Fort Sill . There's been 468 00:17:57,408 --> 00:17:59,574 reporting that U S patriot systems are 469 00:17:59,574 --> 00:18:01,574 gonna be deployed to Ukraine faster 470 00:18:01,574 --> 00:18:03,352 than originally planned . I was 471 00:18:03,352 --> 00:18:05,574 wondering , could you confirm that or , 472 00:18:05,574 --> 00:18:07,630 or provide any more details ? Yeah , 473 00:18:07,630 --> 00:18:10,470 thanks . So for operation security 474 00:18:10,470 --> 00:18:12,470 reasons , I'm not going to get into 475 00:18:12,470 --> 00:18:14,637 delivery timelines other than to say , 476 00:18:14,637 --> 00:18:16,748 we're confident that we'll be able to 477 00:18:16,748 --> 00:18:19,470 get the patriots there um on a 478 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,600 expedited , expedited timeline , I'll 479 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,711 just leave it at that . Would that be 480 00:18:23,711 --> 00:18:25,933 ahead of the spring offensive ? Again , 481 00:18:25,933 --> 00:18:27,933 I'm not going to get into Ukrainian 482 00:18:27,933 --> 00:18:30,156 operations , timing of offensive timing 483 00:18:30,156 --> 00:18:32,211 of operations . Again , we , we made 484 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:34,211 the commitment to provide them with 485 00:18:34,211 --> 00:18:36,322 this patriot capability as quickly as 486 00:18:36,322 --> 00:18:38,322 we could . And so that's what we're 487 00:18:38,322 --> 00:18:40,544 endeavoring to do . But again , I'm not 488 00:18:40,544 --> 00:18:42,600 going to get into delivery timelines 489 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,600 for , for all the obvious reasons . 490 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,600 Thank you . Yes , ma'am . Then I'll 491 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:46,490 come back to you . 492 00:18:51,210 --> 00:18:53,560 Thank you for taking my question . I 493 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,950 would like to just follow up question 494 00:18:55,950 --> 00:18:58,061 about Prime Minister Kishida visit to 495 00:18:58,061 --> 00:19:00,710 Ukraine . So did the D O D provide any 496 00:19:00,710 --> 00:19:03,270 security assistance or give any help in 497 00:19:03,270 --> 00:19:05,103 relation to the Kishida visit to 498 00:19:05,103 --> 00:19:07,920 Ukraine and going forward ? What kind 499 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,031 of support does D O D expect Japan to 500 00:19:10,031 --> 00:19:13,960 provide to Ukraine ? Um So not to my 501 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,950 knowledge , I'd refer you to the 502 00:19:15,950 --> 00:19:18,480 Japanese government to talk about the 503 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:21,880 visit . You know , so again , uh no 504 00:19:21,890 --> 00:19:24,057 participation to my knowledge and then 505 00:19:24,057 --> 00:19:26,168 I'm sorry , your your last question . 506 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,710 So , so going forward , what kind of um 507 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,940 support does D O D expect Japan to 508 00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:36,270 provide to Ukraine ? So , so really , 509 00:19:36,270 --> 00:19:39,540 that's a decision for Japan to make . 510 00:19:39,550 --> 00:19:41,980 Uh and , and we'll continue to work 511 00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:43,869 very closely with Japan and other 512 00:19:43,869 --> 00:19:46,036 nations to look at what Ukraine's most 513 00:19:46,036 --> 00:19:48,260 urgent security assistance needs are 514 00:19:48,410 --> 00:19:50,740 and then provide what we can to ensure 515 00:19:50,740 --> 00:19:52,462 that they're successful on the 516 00:19:52,462 --> 00:19:54,518 battlefield , not only defending the 517 00:19:54,518 --> 00:19:56,407 territory that they have , but on 518 00:19:56,407 --> 00:19:58,296 enabling them to retake sovereign 519 00:19:58,296 --> 00:20:00,240 sovereign territory uh and sustain 520 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,462 those gains into the future . Thank you 521 00:20:02,462 --> 00:20:04,400 me , come back to Friday and then 522 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,622 Gordon and then I'll come back to you . 523 00:20:11,550 --> 00:20:13,606 Thank you . Thank you General . So , 524 00:20:13,606 --> 00:20:15,661 two questions on the , on the Abrams 525 00:20:15,661 --> 00:20:17,772 first , the essay variant . Um If you 526 00:20:17,772 --> 00:20:19,550 can talk a little bit about the 527 00:20:19,550 --> 00:20:22,380 capabilities versus um the initial 528 00:20:22,380 --> 00:20:24,380 announcement , what was going to be 529 00:20:24,380 --> 00:20:26,491 given to the Ukrainians and second on 530 00:20:26,491 --> 00:20:28,660 the this expedited type timeframe , um 531 00:20:28,670 --> 00:20:31,460 We're hearing about offensive or the so 532 00:20:31,460 --> 00:20:33,940 called counter offensive in Ukraine . 533 00:20:33,950 --> 00:20:37,720 So this new timeline , the delivery 534 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,060 in , in the fall uh does it have any 535 00:20:40,060 --> 00:20:42,780 significance and how would it help the 536 00:20:42,780 --> 00:20:46,110 Ukrainians um in what everybody is 537 00:20:46,110 --> 00:20:48,110 anticipating going to happen in the 538 00:20:48,110 --> 00:20:51,260 spring . So I'm not gonna get into more 539 00:20:51,260 --> 00:20:54,760 specifics in terms of the the specific 540 00:20:54,770 --> 00:20:57,370 capabilities , other than to say again , 541 00:20:57,370 --> 00:20:59,426 as I highlighted earlier that it's a 542 00:20:59,426 --> 00:21:02,340 very similar uh capability to the a to 543 00:21:02,350 --> 00:21:04,130 uh and will definitely give the 544 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:06,730 Ukrainians a significant main battle 545 00:21:06,730 --> 00:21:09,710 tank capability on the battlefield . In 546 00:21:09,710 --> 00:21:11,840 terms of the significance of the 547 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,007 timeline . You've heard us talk in the 548 00:21:14,007 --> 00:21:16,173 past about trying to work with Ukraine 549 00:21:16,173 --> 00:21:18,340 to meet not only their near term needs 550 00:21:18,340 --> 00:21:20,396 but their medium term needs . And so 551 00:21:20,396 --> 00:21:23,510 taking territory , retaking territory , 552 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,130 uh you know , as part of any offensive 553 00:21:26,140 --> 00:21:27,920 will be important , but as well 554 00:21:27,930 --> 00:21:30,390 sustaining those gains at , at some 555 00:21:30,390 --> 00:21:32,557 point in the future , as well as being 556 00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:34,890 able to deter future Russian aggression . 557 00:21:34,890 --> 00:21:37,270 So this is all part of a our broader 558 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,910 near term and longer term support to 559 00:21:39,910 --> 00:21:42,188 Ukraine and their defense requirements . 560 00:21:42,188 --> 00:21:44,920 Thank you , Gordon . Yeah , just to go 561 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,087 back on Patriots for a second . I know 562 00:21:47,087 --> 00:21:49,198 you want into timelines , but you are 563 00:21:49,198 --> 00:21:51,198 confirming that there has been some 564 00:21:51,198 --> 00:21:54,080 acceleration of the or there will be 565 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,136 some acceleration in the delivery of 566 00:21:56,136 --> 00:21:58,358 the patriots . And can you characterize 567 00:21:58,358 --> 00:22:00,850 by how much faster potentially they 568 00:22:00,850 --> 00:22:02,906 could arrive ? Yeah , I really can't 569 00:22:02,906 --> 00:22:04,970 Gordon , other than to say , um you 570 00:22:04,970 --> 00:22:07,192 know , you're you're seeing uh and this 571 00:22:07,192 --> 00:22:09,137 is an open press . So go ahead and 572 00:22:09,137 --> 00:22:11,359 confirm it , but you're seeing that the 573 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:13,192 Ukrainians that we're undergoing 574 00:22:13,192 --> 00:22:15,081 patriot training went faster than 575 00:22:15,081 --> 00:22:17,303 expected just given their propensity uh 576 00:22:17,303 --> 00:22:19,530 and , and their eagerness to do the 577 00:22:19,530 --> 00:22:21,363 training and so of course , that 578 00:22:21,363 --> 00:22:24,340 figures into this . Um And , and I 579 00:22:24,340 --> 00:22:26,890 really again , don't want to get into 580 00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:29,260 when you're going to see the patriot 581 00:22:29,270 --> 00:22:32,450 arrive in Ukraine , other than one day 582 00:22:32,450 --> 00:22:34,506 it will be there and we'll highlight 583 00:22:34,506 --> 00:22:36,839 that once the Ukrainians have done that . 584 00:22:36,839 --> 00:22:38,783 Thanks . Yes , ma'am , we'll get a 585 00:22:38,783 --> 00:22:40,117 couple more back here . 586 00:22:43,220 --> 00:22:45,120 Thank you General . Uh So just to 587 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:47,231 follow up on the question about Prime 588 00:22:47,231 --> 00:22:50,050 Minister Kishida visit to Ukraine . Um 589 00:22:50,060 --> 00:22:52,450 Can you speak at all about whether the 590 00:22:52,450 --> 00:22:54,620 U S is planning to coordinate through 591 00:22:54,620 --> 00:22:58,300 NATO with Japan for any exercises 592 00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:01,960 or additional actions to 593 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,770 assist Ukraine ? Um Well , again , so 594 00:23:04,780 --> 00:23:06,891 let's just kind of break that apart . 595 00:23:06,891 --> 00:23:09,002 So first of all , I'm not gonna speak 596 00:23:09,002 --> 00:23:11,002 for , for NATO in terms of what you 597 00:23:11,002 --> 00:23:13,113 know , the NATO alliance may do as it 598 00:23:13,113 --> 00:23:16,030 relates to , to Japan um from a US 599 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,270 Japan standpoint . Clearly , we do 600 00:23:18,270 --> 00:23:20,600 conduct exercises with Japan in the 601 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,680 Indo Pacific region um as it pertains 602 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,570 to Ukraine , Japan , of course , 603 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:27,570 participates in the Ukraine Defense 604 00:23:27,570 --> 00:23:29,790 Contact Group . Uh And we continue to 605 00:23:29,790 --> 00:23:32,012 look , we look forward to continuing to 606 00:23:32,012 --> 00:23:34,068 work with Japan and other nations in 607 00:23:34,068 --> 00:23:36,179 that , in that forum . So thank you . 608 00:23:36,179 --> 00:23:37,790 Go here and then over here . 609 00:23:40,430 --> 00:23:42,640 Thank you , General General regarding 610 00:23:42,650 --> 00:23:46,510 two tanks , one a one . So do the 611 00:23:46,510 --> 00:23:49,510 Ukrainian soldiers or forces have been 612 00:23:49,510 --> 00:23:52,910 training about these tanks or , or they 613 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,087 will need to do that maybe in the near 614 00:23:55,087 --> 00:23:57,270 future ? Thank you . Yes . So that's a 615 00:23:57,270 --> 00:24:01,050 great point . So our intent uh is to 616 00:24:01,050 --> 00:24:02,880 ensure we will ensure that the 617 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,960 Ukrainians receive the necessary 618 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,930 training on these tanks uh in time for 619 00:24:08,930 --> 00:24:10,986 them to be delivered . So we'll have 620 00:24:10,986 --> 00:24:12,763 more details to provide on that 621 00:24:12,763 --> 00:24:15,440 training in the future . Uh But again , 622 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,740 that would be our intent . Uh And I'm 623 00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:20,028 confident that we will accomplish that . 624 00:24:20,028 --> 00:24:22,139 Thank you , sir . It's a tank sort of 625 00:24:22,139 --> 00:24:25,260 three parter . Uh The secretary , can 626 00:24:25,260 --> 00:24:27,660 you confirm that he signed off on the 627 00:24:27,660 --> 00:24:29,716 coa's ? Can you talk about the other 628 00:24:29,716 --> 00:24:33,010 Koalas that were looked at as a part of 629 00:24:33,010 --> 00:24:35,177 the contract , authorization actions ? 630 00:24:35,177 --> 00:24:37,288 Uh Have you worked it all the way out 631 00:24:37,288 --> 00:24:39,232 through the supply chain of what's 632 00:24:39,232 --> 00:24:41,343 needed for these m one day ones or is 633 00:24:41,343 --> 00:24:43,454 the fall time frame sort of hand wavy 634 00:24:43,454 --> 00:24:45,790 language ? Yeah . So , so I'm not gonna 635 00:24:45,790 --> 00:24:47,720 get into staff work here from the 636 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,890 podium clearly , as I mentioned , 637 00:24:49,890 --> 00:24:52,057 looking at a variety of options on how 638 00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:54,001 best to deliver this capability as 639 00:24:54,001 --> 00:24:55,834 quickly as possible . And so the 640 00:24:55,834 --> 00:24:59,040 secretary uh fully approved fully 641 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,207 concurs with the approach that we're , 642 00:25:01,207 --> 00:25:04,080 that we're taking . Um And in terms and , 643 00:25:04,090 --> 00:25:06,034 and that was one of the factors in 644 00:25:06,034 --> 00:25:08,920 terms of , can we get these tanks to 645 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,470 the Ukrainians quicker ? Uh And based 646 00:25:11,470 --> 00:25:13,414 on the timelines that , that we're 647 00:25:13,414 --> 00:25:15,637 working , we're confident that we'll be 648 00:25:15,637 --> 00:25:17,859 able to get them there by the fall . In 649 00:25:17,859 --> 00:25:17,640 other words , before the end of the 650 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,640 year . So , thank you . All right . 651 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,473 Thank you very much , ladies and 652 00:25:21,473 --> 00:25:21,350 gentlemen , appreciate your time today .