Japanese derivatives of the Arleigh Burke design are used to illustrate the cost of improving an individual destroyer. The comparison suggests that the same budget might buy six more expensive ships or seven cheaper ones. Those figures are an illustrative estimate in the discussion, not a formal cost analysis. The operational question is whether the additional capability of each ship compensates for losing a hull needed for another deployment.
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Japanese destroyers illustrate the cost of improving each ship
A rough comparison of Japanese and American destroyers asks whether higher specifications per hull justify buying fewer ships.