Once a repeatable 1,700-ton destroyer is available, the campaign shifts from individual design choices to industrial scale. Large batches are ordered because the relatively inexpensive hull can be produced in numbers that capital ships cannot match. The program is expected to push the active fleet toward roughly 1,100 ships. A comparison with the Royal Navy and U.S. Navy of the Second World War places that total in context and shows how standardized mass construction changes screening capacity and fleet reach.
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Mass destroyer construction changes fleet scale
The inexpensive 1,700-ton design supports a construction surge aimed at an active fleet of roughly 1,100 ships.