No problem
Can't speak for all the "authorities" quoted but I know Steve Bush of "warship World" served as an officer for quite a while in frigates and destroyers and was in the '91 Gulf War
Nick Childs is/has been Defence Correspondent for the Beeb World Service and worked for Janes Defence Weekly and has been to most conflicts since '82.
Conrad Waters uses a long list of ex-Navy (or rather ex-navies) writers and Janes is.... Janes.........
I wish you were right that the Govt would cough up some more cash for defence AND explain in straight terms that this is NECESSARY to the Great British Public - but they are scared of being flamed on Twitter etc - truly pathetic
PS God knows what the Egyptians are going to do with the Mistral's - power projection in N Africa and the Red Sea - but it looks an expensive way of doing it......................