Absolutely. I would say that one great thing about our relationship with the United States, as administrations come and go, is that the ties in the relationship on the military and the defence side seem to remain strong regardless of the different political administrations that are in power. NORAD has a long history, as I mentioned in my opening remarks. We have full confidence in NORAD's ability to defend North America from aerospace threats. They also have a maritime warning function.
At the same time, there are certainly Canadian interests in the Arctic that fall well outside of the NORAD mandate. We certainly need to have domestic capabilities. We need the Canadian Armed Forces to be able to launch and sustain operations across the north across the full spectrum of operations, from safety and security, search and rescue, to protecting our sovereignty and Canadian interests in the context of an increasingly competitive geopolitical environment.
It's really about finding the right balance and making sure we have domestic capabilities, but also, I think we can rely with full confidence on the binational NORAD command to defend North America in—