The scenario assumes F-35B supply becomes unavailable and Britain converts its carriers to CATOBAR. Rafale is presented as the practical allied production option. Chinese aircraft are mentioned only within the wider hypothetical collapse of Western arrangements. A new domestic aircraft would require time and funding that the scenario does not provide. These contingency choices depend on the hypothetical loss of American supply; no existing conversion decision is established.
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Carrier aircraft after a hypothetical loss of US supply
A breakdown in access to American aircraft is used to examine Britain's limited near-term CATOBAR alternatives.