Buy the F-35C instead
Because the CVF has been designed for catapult, why not bin the stovl B version, and get the better (range, payload and cheaper) carrier-based "C" version? ignoring the debate about tech transfer for a second.
As for A Aligators thought about driving SHIPS, what enhances the use of said assets? Aircraft, and cool maritime ones at that. Ones that don't need host nation support/overflight rights etc. Look at many recent ops, carriers can get closer than land based aircraft.
I've gone off (carried on?) a tangent slightly there I know.
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