Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for providing that useful information.
I should preface by saying that in the eighties I had an opportunity to work at a U.S. defence college in southern California. At that time our best calculation was that for every combat person you put in the field, you needed to have six logistics support people to support that person in the field, in operation. I believe that's the same in Afghanistan.
My question is, given that it's impossible to cost out a combat mission prior to entering the combat mission, perhaps you can comment on what the cost savings are if we use this method, with all unmanned drones to handle what needs to be accomplished. Let's say that Canada now has six F-18s working in the Middle East. If we use an unmanned system, what is our cost savings, and what can we get away with?
Mr. Barlow, would you comment, please?