Is the battleship partly a vehicle for shipyard investment?

To what extent is the battleship a talking point for securing investment in shipbuilding infrastructure?

The reply interprets it partly as a way to secure infrastructure investment while opening a different path from continued Burke-class procurement.

The battleship is interpreted here as a way to secure industrial investment that incremental orders for an established class might not attract. Arleigh Burke procurement offers a familiar program with fewer political surprises than a new design. Continuing that approach indefinitely could leave the Navy operating descendants of the same design for an exceptionally long period. The proposed new class would require investment in facilities and workers, although that interpretation does not establish that the investment or the ships will be delivered.