The Soviet Navy produced capable and comparatively large destroyers in the late 1930s and early 1940s. A stronger Soviet voice favouring such ships might have complicated destroyer limits within the interwar treaty system. Larger Soviet requirements could have put pressure on the category boundaries associated with the Washington and London agreements. The campaign raises this as a possibility and makes no claim about an actual negotiation outcome.
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Large Soviet destroyers and naval-treaty boundaries
Soviet preference for large destroyers raises a brief question about how their designs might have affected interwar treaty categories.