Why interwar naval treaties became a pressure cooker

What was the greatest 'why' moment in naval history, and why did the interwar treaties become a pressure cooker?

The naval treaties, because they pursued peace by stopping construction in ways that created false weakness and growing strategic pressure.

The treaties aimed at lasting peace but imposed rules poorly matched to the strategic reality they were meant to control. By stopping construction rather than managing a sustainable replacement process, they made fleets appear weaker and less adaptable than their underlying capacity suggested. That false picture could encourage revisionist leaders to believe they had an opportunity to take risks. The answer treats the treaty system as a pressure cooker whose restraint stored up instability rather than removing it.