Thank you very much.
I appreciate this opportunity and the testimony we've heard so far.
I have a couple of questions. Going back to smart defence, we talked a lot about that in this study. We even got into it a bit on our previous study on readiness.
I just want to flesh out a little bit more, Dr. Welsh, your comments on the F-35 in particular. Some would say that in order for us to have smart defence, we need to be interoperable with our allies going forward, and that we're going to spend the capital on a replacement for our CF-18 regardless of what choice is made there.
Do you see advantages or disadvantages, or are you talking about a reduction in our expeditionary air force capability in order to focus more on the land forces that you spoke about earlier?
You ran out of time when you were mentioning that, and I'd like some more comments on that particular part of your presentation.