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Mixed gun batteries and a modern destroyer's radar return

Fitting a pre-dreadnought-style mixture of guns onto a modern destroyer would compromise its clean hull layout.

Question

What if a modern French destroyer copied the mixed-gun armament of French pre-dreadnoughts?

Short answer

It would probably need side sponsons for the additional guns, greatly increasing its radar return.

Notes

A modern French destroyer carrying the proposed mixture of guns would need space for many additional weapons. Side sponsons would probably be required because the clean hull form could not accommodate them all. Those projections would greatly increase radar return.