Conservative procurement changes one risk at a time

The small production runs of Kynda and Kresta I show that neither class was intended as a final answer. The comparison with British cruiser and dreadnought development shows how a proven design could be retained while only one or two major variables changed. This approach reduces the chance that several immature systems will fail together and obscure the cause. It is conservative because the cost of a bad naval procurement gamble can be strategic, as well as financial. Kresta II's larger run suggests that the design was closer to a useful fleet standard while still remaining another step rather than a finished endpoint.