A larger carrier fleet reshapes Far East basing

Articles 9 and 10 brought aircraft carriers into the treaty discussion and caused concern in Japan. The counterfactual supposes that three G3 battlecruisers became carriers alongside Furious, Courageous, and Glorious. A six-carrier force would make a standing British carrier deployment in Asia far more plausible. Even then, its principal base would likely lie in the Indian Ocean because basing such a force on the China Station could look like a direct threat to Japan. The scenario shows how fleet numbers, treaty rules, geography, and diplomatic signaling would interact in deployment planning.