The Chairman: At risk of oversimplifying it, the navy's position with regard to the matter we are discussing appears to be that they are much more interested in and involved in projecting force a long way and that they have very little or no interest in what is happening next to the coast, that that is someone else's problem.
Le président: Au risque de trop simplifier, la position de la Marine en ce qui concerne la question dont nous discutons semble être la suivante: on s'intéresse beaucoup plus aux questions qui supposent le déploiement de la force très loin, et on porte un intérêt limité, voire inexistant, à ce qui se passe près de la côte.