Originally Posted by
glad rag
"Have you ever thought that the RN might have an understanding of these sorts of threats and worked on ways of dealing with them?"
Actually HH makes a highly valid point.
The RN has considerable history of only hearing what it
wants to hear.
regretfully that applies to many organisations - it's just more obvious (and disastrous) when the Military are caught out
Looking through military history it's a common thread that about 6-12 months after a war starts there is a root & branch clear out of SO's and the new men are a generation plus younger...... the skill sets needed to advance in peace time is rarely the one you need when the balloon goes up.