War was not something that could just be declared at a whim, especially within the political system of the United Kingdom, where the Cabinet Government had no authority to unilaterally start a war that gambled the nation's fate.
Yet this kind of issue was also unsuitable for parliamentary discussion. If hundreds of Members of Parliament were informed, then so too would the enemy be.
By the time everyone finished their squabbling, to say nothing of striking first, it would be a blessing not to be attacked first by others.
Although the Royal Navy held an advantage, the Shinra Navy's strength was not to be underestimated. If judged by a seventy percent standard of the original timeline, they could have already engaged in direct conflict.
After the new batch of battleships were commissioned, the gap in strength between the two would be even smaller. With the advantage of being commissioned first, they could definitely strike preemptively.
