Taking up the earlier "support" red herring; even the current RFA could support a Carrier; if necessary, all the way from UK, Gib. Cyprus, ASI.
Don't doubt that for a second - but it's not really answering my question at #1450 (!) A) Could it keep up with the weapon expenditure rate - Paveway IV running at approx 20/day for much of OUP - and B) can the RFA survive the transit through the Straits of Hormuz? Presumably getting the carrier through would involve an intensive one-off operation with ASW sweeps and destroyer screens to defend against SSM - but would we really be able to do that for every single RFA run, given the limited size of our surface fleet?