The new carrier category also changes the choices available to other treaty navies. Japan receives an illustrative allowance of three 30,000-ton fleet carriers and six 12,000-ton scout carriers, though designs closer to 14,000 or 15,000 tons might be declared within the smaller limit. France and Italy each receive five scout-carrier slots after more of their allowance is shifted toward the new category, while Béarn probably still enters service. These figures are an example rather than a complete forecast of foreign responses. They show how treaty definitions and enforcement habits could redirect international naval competition.
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How scout-carrier quotas reshape other navies
The revised treaty arithmetic gives Japan, France, and Italy new scout-carrier allowances, while likely Japanese under-declaration makes paper tonnage an imperfect guide to the ships built.