Accordingly, each element of the regime, such as data declarations and investigations, is undergoing meticulous consultation with the U.S. biotechnology industry and our extensive bio-defense community. We aim to complete a framework by the end of this year. We also need to move to the next phase in strategic arms control, to fulfill the promise of Helsinki. Regrettably, we learned today that the Russian Duma has delayed action. Both sides now must be mindful of the fact that many countries will couple their condemnations of India and Pakistan's tests with demands for more progress on nuclear arms reductions, as part of the NPT bargain.
Military operations depend increasingly on information dominance.
We need to defend our defenses. And we must also defend the country against these new threats. The United States has both spawned and benefited most from the revolution in information and digital systems. All of our critical infrastructures now rely on computers, advanced telecommunications, including to an ever-increasing degree, the Internet, for their control and management, for their interaction with other infrastructures, and for communications with their suppliers and customers. The Washington Post recently reported that computer hackers got into the military's computer system in the Pacific via a Korean network and demonstrated that it could have shut down the entire Pacific power grid.