How a benchmark navy responds without admitting it follows

The Royal Navy preferred to set the standard and make other navies respond to it. Officially, a benchmark navy builds for its own requirements rather than copying whatever a rival has just produced, although foreign designs still matter unofficially. The feasible next step also depends on technological change and whether infrastructure around the Empire can support larger or different ships. Amagi's influence would therefore appear indirectly in the Royal Navy's next generation, filtered through British requirements, facilities, and self-presentation.