Repeated cancellations of Arleigh Burke successor programs form the background to the proposed Defiant battleship. The account connects the latest cancellation with that much larger ship. Calling Defiant a revived strike cruiser under a politically attractive battleship label is an interpretation of the proposal. Its size and expense are the reasons given for rejecting it as a one-for-one replacement for every Burke. A destroyer successor would still be needed in the force structure described here.
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A battleship cannot replace every Burke
The Defiant proposal is treated as too large and expensive to replace every Burke, leaving a separate destroyer requirement.