1SL’s speech to the Naval Research Symposium 16 Sep 26 Battle for the Atlantic

1SL’s speech to the Naval Research Symposium 16 Sep 26 Battle for the Atlantic

17 Sep 26
Posted by: General Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE ADC RM, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
18 minutes, 48 seconds read
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Members who have read today’s Times or Daily Telegraph will have seen that the First Sea Lord made an important speech on the relevance of the Atlantic to the defence of the United Kingdom. That speech in full is available for members to read here.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us, and my thanks to the Department for Naval Research for organising today’s symposium. As we gather here at Admiralty House, the importance of sea power will not be lost on any of you. That is because our history has been shaped by the sea.     Because our prosperity, security and influence have for centuries depended on our ability to master it, protect what moves across it, and deny its advantages to those who threaten us.     That’s why my speech today is focused on the Atlantic. Not simply as a vast body of water, or a theatre o…

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