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You and I both know that it 'isn't the case', which was the point of F-35 not being solely for carriers. Reality, not time, is what will tell, and I can tell you that reality right now is that the RN could not do this alone and does not want to because it sees the enormity of it. It would take years and years for them to train enough people to be self-sustaining. Not to mention a massive budget slice.
Thankfully there is only a very, very small number of RN that still harbour the paranoia of light blue skullduggery. They are the ones who need to (as you so eloquently put it) stfu. There is no skullduggery, just a mutually agreed plan to bring Carrier Strike to life, together. None of it will work unless it's Joint.
From where I sit right now it's nothing but Joint. Sadly the small 'cadre of the paranoid' can only be heard above the noise of Jointery by using former 1SLs as a platform. It doesn't make him look good in this day and age.
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