The British didn’t have to worry about proper fighter aircraft protecting the anti shipping strike planes. If the Argentines had the bases to run escort Mirages over their Etendards and Skyhawks the British would have been in serious trouble.
In the Eastern Med there are plenty of bases for dangerous aircraft.
I thought the Argies could run proper top cover ( they were using Mirages for shipping strikes in addition to their SuEs and A-4s), just chose for the small flight low level penetration mission to avoid the Shars and ship based AAW (Sea Dart).
As it is, this ship will probably not need to operate outside the protective CAP provided by the Turkish AF. So it’s a focus on the ships assault capabilities. Of course having some F-35s on board for nearby/quick turnaround CAS wouldn’t hurt, with land based fighters providing top cover.