As you suspect Archimedes, more myopic than insightful;
Even though US Navy strike jets fly from the Indian Ocean they are able to apply more decisive effect on the battlefield than RAF Harriers flying from a nearby air base
That is all about having F-18 in the CAS role, they could just as equally be operating from land, but it so happens they are owned by the Navy and not the Air Force, so they fly from carriers. The statement is true, but it is about the CAS capability of the aircraft, not the transitional lump of floating steel used to get it airborne.
Why are our soldiers, sailors and airmen committed to endless campaigns on land when many of the strategic challenges to the security and prosperity of Britain are out there on the high seas?
Hardly deserves a response, but Sea battles are about removing the Naval capability of an opponent
in order to secure the overall Military objective, be it avoid an invasion or conduct your own. Perhaps they don't teach this in elementary school any more?