The closing exercise asks viewers to test their own country against the strategic questions used at the beginning. For Britain, STOVL places the Royal Navy at the head of a group of smaller carrier operators and remains compatible with LHDs. Two fleet carriers and three amphibious flight decks would create five aviation decks, enough under the stated availability assumption to keep at least two ready, while three docks should keep at least one available. That concept suits a medium power with global interests but without separate American-scale fleets. The underlying checklist covers expeditionary reach, trade chokepoints, energy imports, alliance commitments, maritime borders, exclusive economic zones, and the value of mobile air power. These seven questions are a starting point for detailed planning, with many further subquestions beneath them.
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Test Britain's STOVL force against the strategic checklist
Britain's STOVL carriers could pair with future LHDs to spread aviation and amphibious capacity, but the force still has to match the country's global maritime interests.