You know, obviously that's not NATO but you know, so from, from an allied naval infrastructure standpoint there really is not much out there. The Royal Navy for decades was. But I think we all have been rudely reminded recently that they, The Royal Navy for decades was [a major naval force], but... has let itself atrophied to the point where it's largely non-functional. non functional. French have a bit, but really even Australians, I mean the Aukus program is on life support and as much as I love Australia, used to live there, … (38:33–38:44)
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