Asturia, the point is that CHF have normally had dedicated 'phibs to fly off. Back in the day 'Commando Carriers' such as Albion/Bulwark and LPDs (Fearless/Intrepid) gave them a lot of deck spots. Until recently with Ocean and the 'new' Albion/Bulwark, the LitM capability looked pretty good for a country of our size, albeit the latter two have constrained flight decks. With Ocean gone (to Brazil) and no direct replacement, the onus falls to the two Albion class ships. Whilst large and capable vessels, neither has a flight deck the size of Ocean so require careful 'lily-padding' and planning to effect an assault and the Merlin simply doesn't deliver anything like the punch per deck spot of the Chinook, nor can carry several of the RM's kit in a combat configuration for any meaningful distance. Albion/Bulwark also sit under the near constant threat of the 'chop' - publicly announced as being due to the financial/manpower pressure of the Carriers, hence why much was said of PoW being finished and operated as an LPH. The bald fact is that the RN has mortgaged it's 'phibs and DD/FFs to fund their capital ships and now, probably, would struggle to deploy an adequately escorted CSG and ATG concurrently. Blue water Fish-heads don't really care about LitM, and would trade the capability to preserve Carrier Strike in a heartbeat.