THE FUTURE OF SEA POWER
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A Global Navy for Global Needs |<br />
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We should recognise that we can stand together to uphold enduring and universal<br />
principles. It is our collective responsibility to ensure that we work cooperatively<br />
because we are the custodians for our governments of sea power.<br />
We have the capacity to exercise it to provide the maritime security and international<br />
confidence that is the foundation for economic development and stability in our region.<br />
If we do not provide security of the seas no one else can, or will, do so.<br />
With that thought I welcome you to the RAN Sea Power Conference 2015.<br />
Endnote<br />
1 ‘The Government’s plan for a strong and sustainable naval shipbuilding industry’, Joint Media<br />
Release Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, 4 August 2015, www.minister.defence.gov.<br />
au/2015/08/04/joint-media-release-prime-minister-and-minister-for-defence-the-governmentsplan-for-a-strong-and-sustainable-naval-shipbuilding-industry/.
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