Scepticism about arms-sales claims still leaves designers needing a prudent basis for force planning. The suggested approach takes an opponent's claimed capability seriously and adds a margin in case the claim understates performance. The likely opposing weapons and the ship's intended mission should then shape its requirements. This is a conservative design assumption, with no claim that the advertised performance has been independently established.
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Planning against an adversary's claimed capability
Designing against an opponent's stated capability, with an added margin, offers a conservative starting point when actual performance is uncertain.