A general-purpose destroyer might provide a seventy-percent solution to a particular mission, with a second ship supplying additional capability. The criticism of modern Western and NATO fleets is that increasingly complex individual ships have displaced the numerous smaller combatants needed to give a fleet depth. Advanced ships still have a place, especially in larger combatant roles. Chinese Type 054 frigates are suggested as a present-day comparison for production in volume, with Mogami-class frigates offered more tentatively. The comparison concerns a fleet role and a production approach, rather than claiming that these frigates match Fletcher capabilities.
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Finding modern equivalents for the numerous general-purpose destroyer
Modern Western fleets face criticism for losing the numerous general-purpose ships that once supplied fleet depth, with Type 054 and Mogami frigates suggested as comparisons.