True, but sometimes one will need to counter-attack and mere 8x8s and personal weapons won't cut it.
Going into the ships discussion: we look East and it is 'one front'. Russian perspective is different. They have two operational fronts, facing NATO: Northwest and West. The former is very much maritime and stretching from Kaliningrad to Murmansk. The nature of this one is evidenced by the fact that it got (as part of it) a new, 5th, unified command where the lead is with the Northern Navy.
- that's NATO
- the presidents adventures have meant that the force groups in Caucasus and now also in UKraine have a direct line of command (as has the VDV, which we have seen try to attempt 'one bridge too far' ops to prove its worth and thus the special status
So, as for ships, we should stick to the plans (and while doing that, build up capacity).
Moving to boats, we should step on the gas as much as is feasible. We cannot have same type of gaps as with T & A-boats, in the SSN transition.
Amphibs are coming early in the queue, but here (as has been oft noted) the whole operational concept is changing... so we should bridge the gap - much quicker - with both Albions in use and one Bay made more suitable for rotary aviation. To support one or the other Albion, or all three acting as a task group - backed up by a carrier 'from afar'.