I was wondering what the likely outcome on the war would have been if the RN had followed the US's example and kept a "big gun" ship or two in reserve* that could have been pulled out to add to the fleet's firepower, as while the RN had a numerical (and airpower?) advantage, the firepower of the surface warships were on-par, in fact Type-42 destroyers were the newest "big ships" in both fleets.