Could Britain's planned littoral strike ships address the limits of having only two aircraft carriers?
Short answerPossibly: the concept could evolve into two or three ski-jump LHDs.
NotesTwo Queen Elizabeth-class carriers cannot cover every demand placed on British naval aviation. The planned littoral strike ships could provide supplementary aviation platforms. In this forecast, the concept evolves into two and perhaps three LHD-style amphibious assault ships fitted with ski jumps. Those ships would expand distributed amphibious and aviation capacity without replacing the fleet carriers.