Guided weapons still compete with conventional fleets

How far would guided-weapon development advance in this timeline?

Guided weapons continue to develop, but heavier investment in conventional fleets can delay offset technologies that historically grew from naval weakness.

Engineers, funding, and industrial capacity remain limited. A stronger conventional fleet could reduce the incentive to pursue weapons intended to compensate for naval weakness. It would also compete for resources with those projects. Continued missile and guided-bomb development therefore need not run ahead of the historical timetable.