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Not wishing to encroach on P1216 territory I think the timing of replacing the Sea Harrier/Invincible combo is always going to depend on the USA.
UK economic misery in the 70s hands Harrier leadership to McDD. Any Sea Harrier successor is going to have to be an earlier F35B.
In OTL the end of the Cold War in 1991 delayed the US Marine need for a Harrier replacement and Sea Harrier/Invincible are not replaced until 1997. A Cold War programme might have seen a Vickers Light Fleet ship mated to a McDD/BAe design sponsored by the US Marines.
UK economic misery in the 70s hands Harrier leadership to McDD. Any Sea Harrier successor is going to have to be an earlier F35B.
In OTL the end of the Cold War in 1991 delayed the US Marine need for a Harrier replacement and Sea Harrier/Invincible are not replaced until 1997. A Cold War programme might have seen a Vickers Light Fleet ship mated to a McDD/BAe design sponsored by the US Marines.