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A British superpower's counterpart to the Ticonderoga class

A Royal Navy retaining superpower scale would probably field an air-defence cruiser, perhaps following Bristol-like design logic.

Question

Would a superpower Royal Navy have developed an equivalent to the Ticonderoga class?

Short answer

Very likely, as a radar-centred air-defence cruiser probably closer to an enlarged Bristol concept than a direct copy.

Notes

A British equivalent to the Ticonderoga class is highly likely in this superpower counterfactual. The role would be fleet air defence rather than a literal copy of the American hull. The resulting ship might follow an expanded Bristol lineage. Its final form would depend heavily on the radar outfit, since the sensor system is central to an air-defence cruiser's identity.