A quick re-attack from post #2.
I can't remember his name but he was a single seat mate (possibly Jaguar) and OC of whatever the UAS flying out of St Athan was in 2001.
He and I, and some students who held him in very high regard, sank a few bottles of red (as one does) and came to the conclusion that the entire defence budget should be spent solely on F-15E and subs with sub launched TLAM.
Now, it has a few holes but by and large, for a small island nation I'm not sure we were far off the mark.