"wo six-day training blocks ? In a war zone ?? Are these guys complete green-horns just getting their first sea-legs or practising for an air show ? If they don’t go live on real targets inside Syria by day two of the first block, I’d send them all to the salt mines to earn their keep. "
as opposed to the USN and RN who normally plan to keep 30% of their ships in "training" following maintenance after 70+ years of operation????