Germany after Britain answers triple turrets

How would Germany respond after its triple-turret move prompted Britain to adopt larger guns in triple mountings?

Germany would face another expensive escalation, stronger competition with the army for funding, and a British program that might grow rather than retreat.

The German move would not secure a durable qualitative advantage because Britain could answer with both larger guns and triple turrets. Germany would then need to develop a larger gun of its own after already paying for the first change. The added cost would sharpen army-navy funding competition. On the British side, political pressure could turn the Queen Elizabeth or R class into a larger program instead of producing restraint.