Changing Washington Treaty construction limits

What single change to the Washington Naval Treaty might improve later naval procurement?

Use hull and rolling replacement limits so navies renew ships steadily without expanding battle-fleet numbers indefinitely.

One proposal removes tonnage limits but caps hull numbers, forcing a qualitative rather than quantitative race. Dr. Clarke instead favors a rolling construction rule in which Britain and the United States can build only a limited number of battleships in each five-year period and cannot replace them before a set service life. That structure would spread orders across the treaty era instead of producing long construction holidays. It could preserve industrial skills while keeping the total battle fleet bounded.