Surely the plan is to be able to fire up both of these bad girls at the shortest possible notice with the maximum amount of Aircraft, coptors and marines on board ..
nuclear is not viable for a two ship carrier country
So the cheapest way of keeping readiness available is the way forward..
Come the next Falklands type scenario then everything is thrown at the problem..
In that respect these two assets are vastly more capable than anything we have ever had ..
The he ability to work with the USMC is another massive plus