Originally Posted by
Not_a_boffin
It's called prioritising, something that happens all the time. Come the day that we need to deploy two carriers concurrently, Fleet planners will look at the likely length of the deployment, look at the commitments, prioritise them, see whether some can be covered by allies and make a decision on what (if anything) gets gapped and for how long. Deploying some CVR(T) to Heathrow is hardly equivalent to deploying a 2 CVBG force.
What you're suggesting is a bit like saying we wouldn't beef up the DCA/OCA force on Akrotiri if threatened, because we had a RF deployment, or a BALTAP mission, or a Far East det ongoing.
"It's called prioritising"
What if Vlad [ex Ivan] is doing the prioritising for you??