From the above article.
Although the second carrier will be built, it will be used as an amphibious commando ship, with only helicopters on board instead of JSF aircraft.
The move will leave the navy without a carrier when the Queen Elizabeth goes into refit
Excuse my ignorance, but I would imagine that it is probably already too late to significantly change the design of either of the carriers, and so I guess that the original design allows for the delivery of both capabilities.
GreenKnight121 says
this "dual-role capability was one of the design characteristics of CVF
In my mind (admittedly it is very early in the morning), would that not mean that a few "adjustments" would enable the carrier that was in 'amphibious commando' fit to embark JSF while the other was in refit?
I have no experience of carrier ops (unless you count the ski jump at Yeovilton
), so excuse me if this next question is actually stupid. Would it be possible to mix 'roles' and have both carriers have both capabilities on board?