How France might answer the Tribal-class destroyers

What would the French answer to the Tribal-class destroyers have been?

It would likely grow from France's existing large-destroyer tradition, with planners deciding whether to pursue another heavily gunned destroyer design.

France had not yet built a direct counterpart to the Tribal class in the scenario posed. Any answer would be shaped by the French ships and requirements to which the Tribals themselves responded. French planners were considering several designs, leaving open whether they would emphasize another gun-heavy destroyer. Naval competition here is an exchange between design traditions rather than a simple one-for-one copy.