A larger Type 83 and a hypothetical U.S. design response

How might the United States respond to a Type 83 resembling Zumwalt but displacing an additional 4,500 tons?

The panel discusses a possible Zumwalt follow-on design while leaving actual construction uncertain. Its explanation involving political reactions to allied ship size is an interpretation offered in the exchange.

The counterfactual describes Type 83 as resembling Zumwalt while adding 4,500 tons and using British crew and systems arrangements. Participants discuss whether this could lead American designers to consider a Zumwalt Flight II. They distinguish a possible design response from a decision to build new ships, which remains explicitly uncertain. The discussion also offers an interpretation of procurement politics in which comparisons with allied ship sizes influence interest in new designs. A later return to the British concept connects its possible Zumwalt resemblance with British radar practice and Type 45.