That's all true, hh but the point is we started with a huge lead which even the most fanatical Teutonic commitment would have taken decades to match.; in 1907 we had 62 battleships versus Germany's 12! By inventing the dreadnought we made them all obsolete overnight and so levelled the scores.
To come back to the present day, what do folks think of the comments recently by CAS saying our military is less capable than the Argies, amongst others, promping a robust response from Pihilip Hammond?