Notable Point · 44:03-44:42

A proposal to balance cruiser limits and unfinished battleships

A viewer proposes lower heavy-cruiser limits as a peace compromise while asking whether unfinished South Dakota hulls could survive cancellation.

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A viewer proposes pairing a roughly 40,000-ton battleship ceiling with lower 15,000-to-18,000-ton heavy-cruiser limits. The idea is meant to satisfy peace factions while preserving meaningful design choices rather than eliminating them. The same comment argues that already-started South Dakota hulls might appeal to Congress because completion could be presented as avoiding the cost of scrapping work already done. The proposal remains contingent on the treaty's construction timetable, and the video offers no separate endorsement.