Imagining Vickers-Armstrongs surviving intact

How powerful could Vickers-Armstrongs become if it stayed intact?

The scenario envisages a large industrial group retaining shipbuilding and English Electric interests, with further acquisitions extending its reach into computing and telecommunications.

The scenario begins with the scale attributed to Vickers-Armstrongs' shipbuilding. It then retains interests in English Electric and extends them into computing and telecommunications, including a proposed BT stake. A financially strong survivor is expected to acquire firms during the 1970s and 1980s mergers. These are proposed consequences of survival in that form.