Originally Posted by
Not_a_boffin
So a 5gen fighter is a patrol boat?
Not sure what point you're trying to make?
The point I'm making is that you need the gamut of capabilities to conduct a viable national defence, and just because a certain item of equipment may not have been designed for a specific purpose (OPVs and F-35s to protect oil and gas facilities, for example) that doesn't mean they don't have a place. Not rocket science.