I'm worried because the budget for the national defence policy includes capital expenditures established over a period of several years, while the costs involved in national defence procurement projects, including warships, are continually increasing. I am therefore worried that the funds will be inadequate to allow the government to fulfill the mission set out in this policy. If so, then either the budget would have to be increased, or some projects would have to be abandoned, which will probably be inevitable if we don't want to exceed the total established for the budget and for financing projects whose costs are increasing, like the warships project I just mentioned.
We are also going to carry out a study on the acquisition of F‑35 fighter aircraft. This would give us a better idea of the estimated cost for this acquisition project. If it turns out that costs of the fighter aircraft acquisition are also increasing, as is the case for the warships, then that will restrict what can be done and something will have to be set aside.