Turbine D,
Thank you for posting that, it's a very interesting read. However, whilst I agree entirely with the author's thrust it is a very verbose way of saying:
'We need a strategy that tells us what we actually want a Navy for (ends), how we are going to do it (ways) and what that's going to cost (means)."
It may or may not be that a 5th gen fighter can play a part, but the chap's got a point - have carriers and aircraft for a reason, but don't let that reason be that we have carriers and aircraft.