Shipbuilding expansion requires concrete, steel, cranes, and specialised machinery before another large hull can be built. General industrial growth therefore does not translate directly into new capital-ship capacity. Carrier orders are also treated as a political choice: an operational Graf Zeppelin could encourage Mussolini to demand an Italian equivalent. His control of both the naval and air ministries would give that demand weight. Whether such a ship could enter service still depends on the yard programme and its competing work.
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Italian carriers depend on yards that take years to expand
Extra factories and money would not immediately supply the slips, cranes, and machinery needed for a larger Italian fleet.