Richard de Crespigny
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Now we're down to two, and they'll shut down in 2027.
How resilient are we going to be then?
I mean, these are...
National resilience is critical.
How long would we last in a war against our key adversary?
Well, it's down to the hours, really.
It's less than 24 hours.
But then if that's what we're worried about, why have we got increasing dependence on that country, 35% and it's increasing, of our jet fuel for our aircraft and
come from China.
And it's increasing.
We're increasing our dependency on China at a time when we're also thinking that they're a higher risk.
And you might say, well, that's not a problem because the military get all their oil and fuel reserves from their own supplies.
No, military gets all their fuel from the civil supplies.
They have no stock taking.
So that's why this topic of resilience is so important.
And
I'm interviewing John Howard's coming on.
I'd love to interview you about it.
He wrote a page in my second book.
I have the highest respect for John Howard.