F14.....I ask you!
The quality of reporting in many newspapers is poor to awful. It is not helped that few, if any in the media, have had any experience or in depth interest in the military. The 'giants' of reporting military things are long departed and even some of those who are held up as 'experts' and are wheeled out at every occasion are frequently no longer up to date. Sign of the Times, I'm afraid.
Old Duffer