@MichaelWest , I had similar thoughts a little while ago.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-british-naval-cold-war-strategy.426437/
I do believe I read it with interest. Have you read "The Decline of British Seapower," by Desmond Wettern? I bought mine just outside of London in a Charity book shop, dreadfully good detailing of the missteps that befell the RN. I highly recommend it to anyone plumbing the depths of what went wrong and how it might have been.