Originally Posted by
Tay Cough
Outsider question:
Can both carriers put to sea at the same time with escorts and a full complement of crew and aircraft?
Is there a foreseeable need for them to do so or is the plan always to have one in refit?
Yes.
Whilst one is running, the other will be working up and ready to take a “hot handover” from the off-going carrier. That’s what “continuous carrier strike means” - one fully worked up CVF available, with the other in either training, short term maintenance or longer term refit, but subsequently working up to become the “on-call carrier”.