Exact wartime consequences become impossible to calculate once early helicopters begin changing carrier layouts, patrol coverage, fleet tactics, and enemy responses. A credible reconstruction would need engineers and historians to trace many interacting decisions. Comparing the altered premise with actual history exposes which ship designs and operating practices compensated for the absence of vertical lift. The method asks why real events unfolded as they did and keeps the counterfactual's assumptions visible. It does not claim that one revised timeline can be predicted in detail.
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Alternate history exposes real naval compromises
The scenario uses one absent capability to explain the real compromises behind ship design and operations, while treating exact wartime outcomes as incalculable.