However you look at it and however one may wish to play with numbers of people or assets, for the first time in living memory, the armed forces are on a budget.
And no more money is available - alien concept I know since 1945 but one with which any individual is familiar with. The bucket runneth dry.
Maybe one Typhoon less and spend the money on people ? Or is that too radical ? Or too late and maybe someone is wishing they had not pushed the numbers of Typhoon too hard ?