The two 5-inch guns recall the American practice of carrying a pair, while their forward arrangement prompts comparisons with Royal Sovereign- and Lord Nelson-era pre-dreadnoughts. American stacked turrets provide another visual parallel. The illustrations also suggest missile launchers forward and aft, with the hypersonic weapons separately identified, but their exact layout remains uncertain. Multiple helicopters and enough hangar space to support them are proposed for a hull of this scale. These are observations about the early artwork and desired aviation capacity, rather than a confirmed internal arrangement.
Chapter · 30:03-31:58
Twin 5-inch guns and the missing aviation picture
The forward gun arrangement echoes older battleships, but the renderings reveal too little about the aviation facilities a large combatant would need.