Chinese naval growth renews the arsenal-ship argument

Will the rise of the Chinese navy lead Western navies to build dedicated arsenal ships?

The idea could make strategic sense, but Western navies are unlikely to pursue it soon.

Building arsenal ships beyond normal missile-ship sizes would be a sensible response to the People's Liberation Army Navy's growth. Western navies are still unlikely to adopt the idea soon. The operational case for concentrated missile capacity does not guarantee that procurement institutions will fund it. An apparently logical design may therefore remain outside near-term fleet plans.