Continuous construction as a spur to radar

If navies continually build comparable 16-inch-gun ships, marginal advantages in hit probability become especially valuable. Designers and officers would have repeated opportunities to test new fire-control ideas against recent ships rather than waiting through a long construction hiatus. This pressure could accelerate investment in radar and bring gunnery radar into service earlier than it did historically. The imagined construction rhythm differs sharply from the Royal Navy's real gap between Nelson and Rodney and the King George V class. Radar development would not become automatic, but sustained procurement would give institutions stronger incentives and practical platforms for adopting it.