Italian naval aviation without the fixed-wing restriction

How might Italian naval aviation have developed if the restriction on navy-operated fixed-wing aircraft had ended sooner?

Italy might have acquired a Harrier carrier and a naval strike-aircraft capability earlier, although a radically larger carrier force is unlikely.

An earlier end to the restriction would accelerate an Italian Harrier-carrier path rather than produce an entirely different fleet. A navy-controlled strike-aircraft capability could also emerge sooner, with aircraft choice and safety shaping how far the program developed.