The panel contrasts an implausible prewar loan of the French battleship Dunkerque with contemporary carrier cooperation. Roughly fourteen or fifteen allied carriers are needed to sustain four or five deployed stations, with the United States supplying most hulls and Britain and France adding crucial availability. Shared F-35 compatibility lets a British carrier group integrate with American forces and cover a Pacific requirement within the wider rotation. Those contributions also save the United States from building enough additional carriers to cover every station alone. The arrangement provides operational autonomy for each ally, but French and British carrier forces still depend on deeply connected training, equipment, and supply chains.
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Why modern allies can share carrier coverage
Modern British, French, and American carrier forces can pool availability in ways treaty-era fleets could not.