Although the Spanish Cabinet had decided to support them, it would still take over ten days to figure everything out.
Their "Asturias Prince" was nominally called an aircraft carrier, but it actually resembled a transport ship more; they just stuck some helicopters on top, declared it an aircraft carrier, but honestly, it was more like a transport ship.
It was almost like the light carriers used by Japan in World War II.
It was like when your son scored 30 points, the teacher couldn't exactly call your son stupid, right? They'd have to say something like, "There's potential for the future!"
Don't mock the poor youth, the poor middle-aged, nor the poor elderly; respect the dead...
With Spain in its current pitiful state, could they even afford to operate an aircraft carrier?
I doubt they could even afford to get out of bed.