It's not so much how many k frames, more how many short k frames. Need the short ones for particular missions and we are not exactly flush...
I'd go as far as to say we are in a crisis. How are we supposed to spare the frames for a lengthy mod program now? Something has to give. If it is the program the boys do not get protected. if it is the op, red faces in High Command. Exactly who's idea was it to fight war on two fronts?