and have a capability that will far outweigh anything else in the UK inventory
Bit of a sweeping statement, that. Could you explain how a CVF (or a CVS for that matter) would be able to deploy a Chinook from the UK to Asia in less than 24 hours?
we have several ships now, which can transport and support all manner of guns, tanks and stores
Maybe so, but it has been, and always will be the light blue that puts the word rapid into JRRF