Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 11:43

by CARMEN GOMEZ

Sir David,
The leverage of `Sea Power` called by Professor Colin S. Gray “the midwife to victory,” remained the great strategic weapon of advantage in the days of Empire. Do you believe this to be still as important?

I can’t remember the exact figure, but I think it’s something in the region of 94% of the United Kingdoms’ imports and exports go by sea; so any nation that has to rely on the lifeline of the sea necessarily needs to be able to protect that. The United Kingdom depends upon the sea, and therefore it depends...