How Pacific combat could reshape the Lion successors

How would the war change the Lion class and its successor battleships?

They would probably become larger and faster, with substantially heavier anti-aircraft armament.

The successor designs would probably grow larger and faster than their pre-war plans. Pacific air attack would also drive a heavier anti-aircraft battery. No completed design is specified because the exact lessons would depend on which ships survived and how they fought. Speed, size, and air defence are the requirements most likely to move first.