Mutual weakness neither preserved peace nor delivered genuine long-term savings. A country that lets fleets and industrial capacity decline may have to rebuild at enormous cost while already under attack. Rolling construction is offered as one alternative, alongside different tonnage figures, broader participation, or another arms-control design that could have reconciled economy with credible deterrence. A cheap peacetime pause can become the most expensive possible rearmament schedule once bombing has begun.
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The treaty saves pennies but costs pounds
The conclusion judges the treaty against its twin aims of peace and economy, contrasting steady peacetime construction with emergency wartime rearmament.