Construction capacity means having yards that can build warships of the required size and fit them into their production queues. Japan's busy commercial shipbuilding sector illustrates why substantial industrial capacity can still leave naval orders waiting for a slot. Advance planning allows a government to reserve work or expand infrastructure, as in the Type 26 production-hall example. If domestic capacity cannot be expanded in time, overseas construction becomes an option whose political and economic consequences need assessment. These limits must be known before the hull is fixed, or the project risks having to alter the infrastructure or redesign the ship.
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Check shipyard capacity before fixing the design
Yard dimensions, production queues, skilled labor, domestic politics, and foreign-currency costs constrain which warships can actually be delivered.