Welcome to the first Sea Lord Sea Power Conference. Thank you, Victoria, for everything that you do. If you’ve heard me speak before, I’m a big fan of the Council on Geo strategy. I like the way they shake up being a defence think tank, and that is very appropriate for what the Royal Navy is seeking to do with the military strategy here and thank you to John and BT for hosting us.
The importance of defence communications is quite apparent in the media and in all the intelligence reports by looking around the room that most of you read on a daily basis. And so thank you for, thank you for that. And you will have heard in the media this morning elements of what the First Sea Lord is going to say. So please do act surprised at the appropriate moment. If you’ve been listening to the Today Pro

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