How would CVA 01, complete with it airgroup of 40 or so Buccaneer/Phantom class aircaft and HMS Bristols as escorts fare against Soviet carriers in battle?
Since CVA 01 would start building in 1966 the programme would have an effect on Soviet naval development from then on. So perhaps we can accelerate Soviet carrier development; Have the Baku, with it's extra SSMs, be the 3rd rather than the 4th Kiev class. Have the Kuznetsov built instead of the 4th Kiev and enter service in the 80s. Have the Yak 41M enter service in the mid-late 80s. Perhaps the Mig 29K or Su27K could enter service in time for the Cold War too.