Public Royal Navy armor figures can give only a rough indication of the intended design. Secrecy limits disclosure of protection and weapon performance. In this interpretation, deliberate understatement makes published figures an unreliable guide to actual capability. The same caution extends to publicly declared American weapons and systems.
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Limits of publicly declared naval specifications
Public armor and weapon figures can be incomplete, leaving a need to distinguish declared specifications from the intended design.