We need to just study what other countries have done. There are examples of a strong partnership between the defence establishment and the private industry.

Just as entrepreneurs developed America, they can develop other countries, too.

One of the criteria for a global company is that it should have a manufacturing presence in multiple countries and should not only be an exporter.

Bofors was a steelmaker that became a forgings company and then went on to build guns. Companies like Krupp and Thyssen were in steel and forgings before entering defence. There are similar examples in the U.K.; it is a natural progression.

I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.