The final branch remains open: a German carrier may encourage Mussolini to demand a comparable prestige asset. That pressure could overcome both the argument that land-based aviation already covers the Mediterranean and the institutional conflict between the Regia Marina and Regia Aeronautica. The question invites viewers to consider how prestige-driven procurement might change Italian carrier timing and Mediterranean operations despite those practical objections. No answer is supplied, leaving this as an open counterfactual rather than a Q&A exchange.
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Would Mussolini demand an Italian carrier?
The closing prompt asks whether prestige rivalry would override interservice arguments against an Italian carrier.