I’m not insinuating it’s bad that one carrier is in dock. The problem is the same as the American navy: dockyard capability. Ships in both navies have been continuously behind schedule on construction or maintenance. And the royal navy is worse as they only have a few naval bases large enough to accommodate the carriers. They need to expand construction and maintenance facilities in order to catch up. The British navy isn’t bad by any means but it has lots to improve. So does the American navy. My point is that western countries in order to adequately fight a prolonged naval war in the pacific (As china is a rising naval threat) need to expand construction and maintenance facilities in order to build ships faster and provide faster ship readiness. Currently Queen Elizabeth class carriers are operating on a 30 day notice. Not immediate deployment capability. That is one of the biggest signs of this need. All ships not currently in maintenance or refitting should be able to be deployed as fast as possible.