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The heat modifications alone are a cause and effect proposition,
as the extra structure added below the deck means that other components,
some of them quite large, already installed there have to be moved deeper into the ship's bowels.

This includes dropping lighting, ventilation, piping, wiring, mechanical systems and just about everything else you can imagine.
Just like all the expensive patchwork retrofits that over 100 F-35s have required,
the work on the America will be a costly and time consuming endeavor.