[Travis McGee]

Aw Jeeez, NO WAY could the Japs build a half-way decent aircraft carrier!

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[Jeff Head]

I've been out in front of this a little...the Japanese have been preparing for this for some time. They already have two of the following Amphibious Assault vessels that are suspiciously about the size of the Spanish Carrier:

...and with a little retrofitting or modification on the design would look just like their artists concept where they can easily, quickly build two that are compatible with the F-35 JSF.

In fact, in Volume II of my Dragon's Fury Series, when Japan and China square off, they use the modified version in just the way I describe.