The Bazán SAC-220 CATOBAR carrier

How credible is the Bazán SAC-220 carrier concept?

It is considered an interesting small CATOBAR sea-control carrier; wider adoption could have challenged the rationale for ships such as the Invincible class.

The Bazán proposal is identified as a CATOBAR variant of the sea-control-ship idea. An illustration in an Argentine context prompts a wider counterfactual about small carriers. If more navies had operated such ships, the case for Britain's Invincible class would have been harder to sustain. A British small CATOBAR carrier of roughly 25,000 tons is raised as an interesting alternative, without a detailed air-group or performance comparison.