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What would it take for a Malta-class carrier to be built?

A different government decision at the end of the Second World War is identified as the change needed to build a Malta-class carrier.

Question

What would need to change for at least one Malta-class carrier to be built?

Short answer

The government would need to make a different decision at the end of the war; building the carrier is judged beneficial to the Royal Navy.

Notes

Building a Malta-class carrier would require a different British government decision at the end of the Second World War. Completing the programme is judged beneficial to the Royal Navy. The detailed case belongs to the earlier alternate-carrier-programme conversation with Drach.