FB11 - choice is a grest thing to have, but in the current economic climate, our choices have had to be restricted. Had some protaganists had their way, we would not have been able to respond in the manner we have (Stormshadow, RAPTOR) - and before anyone says it, TLAM is NOT the same as Stormshadow and could not have done what it did.
No-one argues that in a better world, we would have both land-based and maritime aviation (more of both and bigger boats), but the choices have been made and they appear to have been vindicated by the effects we have been able to project. It would have been a very different story, with much more limited effect available had different choices been made.