All those months wasted of Ships on 'patrol' in WIGS
You clearly don't understand what the RN does. That is our job. Its called Defence Diplomacy and is a military task as part of our standing commitment. The WIGS (old name) spends a substantial proportion of its time on-station involved in Drugs interdiction, Anti-Piracy, counter-insurgenct Ops as well as protecting the interests of dependant territories and complementing our allies in the area. Thats what we do, thats what the public pay for, thats our job.
You could argue that spending months and months in the NAG going around in circles is wasted but again, thats our job. We like it, its fun, it pays well and were bloody good at it.