Name the carriers and the countries to which you refer please, sir.
How many NATO ships even have catapults and arresting gear?
How many NATO ships use our radar equipment? Not the Brits.
How many NATO ships use those big steam turbines built in the 1960s?
There is almost nothing on those ships that they would not have to be trained on. And then we can talk about the 4,000 to 6,000 men and women needed to man her and her air wing...