Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
"The Royal Navy exists to be capable of fighting wars."
Indeed - but we've fought precisely one in 73 years against an opponent with similar capabilities in surface ships.................. and you could argue that from a naval point of view that was won by a submarine which kept the Argentineans (including their carrier) in port for the duration......
99% of operations have involved other tasks
One might equally argue that the submarines were incapable of disrupting the air resupply of the islands and that the war was actually won by forcibly ejecting the garrison. Something only possible by being able to defend the landing force ships against air attack.
By your logic, given that we've fought precisely no wars since Korea against an opponent with similar capabilities in aircraft, there is no need for Typhoon....