Exactly the type of thing I was on about Leon. You don't need the large force some are advocating to persecute that type of action.
I think the buzz word may be coherance. someone at the top makes the big handfull decisions and that needs to be affordable.
but what I saw happening in my last 14 years in that sphere was a lack of ballance where we had aspirations for a large para reg without the airlift. Honestly it will be no different when A400 comes on line. I recall exactly what the para Colonel in town said when C17 arrived. Some wanted to exploit it tactically as the US do without any appreciation of the cost
Need to preserve what is important. but what is important to one branch is not to another. hence the willy waving that is going on.
Time for another beer I am beginging to sound incoherent!