Col. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE

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And that medical side, and certainly the British Army and the American Army and others were really, really good at that.

So, you know, we had some horrific times in Iraq and Afghanistan, but you always knew.

Conversely, when I was in Syria, it was a different issue here.

And that's what people used to say to me.

They said, you realise...

if you get into trouble, you know, there's no MERT, there's no helicopter with medics flying over the hill to come and get you.

There's no, you know, recon platoon or whatever is going to come and get you.

And actually, psychologically, that was quite a challenging thing.

And I think unless we thought we were doing such a good, you know, such an important job, we might have gone, okay, maybe not.

So very long answer to your question.

I think that's where it manifests itself.

We're not...

I served with the Australian Army for a while, and they had a sort of phrase of fitted for, but not with.

You know, it's great.

The Australians always had some Gucci kit, but didn't necessarily have the really top end of it.

Although there were sort of brackets on your vehicle or whatever else that were empty because we couldn't afford it.

So I think that is where it sort of fits in.

That's where the gap is, which is why we need it funded, because a lot of that $28 billion is this sort of anti-drone stuff.

And we now know that certainly for the foreseeable future, the next decade or so, it's going to be an autonomous type battle.

And unless we can operate in that, we're going to struggle.

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