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The nice thing about the QEC design is that in contrast to CVS, it was designed to do "proper" strike ops from the off. Obviously, the number and type of weapons are not for publication here, but believe me, 20 PWIV a day is well within the capabilities of the platform to be sustained for a significant number of days. The required made-up loads for RAS would also fit within the current AOR, never mind the proposed QEC support solid store ship.
As far as access into the Gulf goes, if one is going after bucket of sunshine facilities, one might suggest that suppression of coastal ASM batteries would be very high on the target list early in the campaign, as would tagging the Kilos. We seem to have battered GaDaffyDucks anti-access forces early doors in Ellamy, which was a "limited" op. I doubt half-measures would be applied for ImADinnerJacket.
You could then decide whether to leave the Logs area outside Hormuz (and rotate the carrier groups off-line for solid RAS) or bring em in and RAS inside. Personally would probably go for the former, as it allows a stand-down in a lower threat environment. Note that filling a carrier group slot with a UK ship would allow the USN to rotate a CVN off line for RAS - real value added to the party.