The whole point of having a fleet is to have a fleet that says "We're ready to fight" and can demonstrate it. Having rusty ships with sailors who are barely tr

The whole point of having a fleet is to have a fleet that says "We're ready to fight" and can demonstrate it. Having rusty ships with sailors who are barely trained, and some recent spectacular failures goes against this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_in_being https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_in_being