A joking proposal for a smaller Burke removes much of the anti-submarine equipment. Clarke rejects the proposal on the grounds that the design embodies ideas from the 1970s, design work from the 1980s, and production standards from the 1990s. He acknowledges subsequent modernization. His preference is to pursue a new ship using more recent design possibilities, rather than treating a reduced Burke as the answer to the frigate problem.
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Why a smaller Burke derivative draws objections
The objection to a smaller Burke concerns the age of the underlying design despite later modernization.