F-35 Carrier Test USS Wasp.

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Well if you are looking back at FAA past 40 years, the usage of a small carrier force was well theorized and efficiently put at work. Today Italy, Spain, India, Russia has gained from that "heritage".

Bigger carrier need to work in dual, with a wider backup crew force and logistic.

I fear that the move to bigger unit will lower the force effectiveness. I am not a pro VTOL but we hev seen in France that a single large unit does not provide as much deterrence as two smaller (and older). There is a strategical capacity loss despite all the top tech hardware that give a short tactical advantage.

If the carrier were build in a series such as it was envisioned at the beginning, the price gain would hve make a two carrier force possible and sustanaible. Now i'ts not. Hve a look to our flat top and how rusty it looks alrdy.

F4 stands for F4 Phantom K (with spey eng )