Strategic-bombing priorities delayed naval dive bombing

What might the Royal Navy gain if interwar air policy placed less emphasis on strategic bombing?

Most clearly, an effective dedicated dive bomber would probably arrive earlier.

Interwar emphasis on strategic bombing reduced attention to other air missions needed by both the army and navy. The Fleet Air Arm consequently lacked an early, dedicated dive-bomber programme. With less institutional weight behind strategic bombing, a genuine naval dive bomber could have arrived sooner. That aircraft would fill a distinct strike role rather than rely on general-purpose types.