Redesigning much of the fleet at once overcommits the budget. Research and crew-training expenditure are temporarily reduced to carry the ships through their upgrades, with research meant to recover afterward. Congress then cuts the available budget again despite several ongoing wars, disrupting the planned sequence. Money and shipyard time spent improving existing hulls remain unavailable for readiness, research, or new construction.
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Fleet-wide refits compete with operations and research
Modernizing many ships at once consumes so much money that training and research must be reduced while the refit programme moves through the yards.