Jimlad
You are of course correct but then again if you will place the ships so far away from the action that they become known as the Simonstown Guardship in the Falklands War or the Corfu Guardship during Allied Force what do you expect. Then again your flat(ish) tops didn't exactly show up for either Gulf War and quite frankly only seem prepared to play when the enemy are armed with nothing more dangerous than an over-ripe mango!