Originally Posted by
Not_a_boffin
Which one might surmise has something to do with them being a Pacific nation with an aggressive and increasingly well armed neighbour close by,.
As opposed to an Atlantic power, with no such equivalent threat.
It's a bit like saying Poland have hundreds of tanks and the British army only plans on 127.
But we were given to believe that the RN (or if not them, the UK government) regard the UK as a global power.