The family in The Incredibles illustrates why a carrier needs complementary forces around it. Mr Incredible is powerful alone, but the different abilities of his wife and children make the family more effective together. The carrier occupies his place in the comparison, while the surrounding force supplies capabilities it cannot provide by itself. Buying only some components leaves the navy short of the combined effect for which it designed the force. The criticism of British procurement is that short-term decisions have left parts of that family of systems missing, creating problems that will outlast the immediate savings.
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The Incredibles analogy for a complete carrier force
Mr Incredible and his family's different abilities provide a fictional analogy for the complementary ships and aircraft a carrier force needs.