Weapon restrictions are not the same as fleet limits

Khitomer-style restrictions on particular weapons would not prove that total ship numbers were capped, just as cruiser design limits did not impose a numerical ceiling under the Washington treaty system.

Question

Do Khitomer restrictions on particular weapons imply that Federation and Klingon fleet size was also limited?

Short answer

No; limiting a weapon or a ship's characteristics is different from limiting how many ships may be built.

Notes

Qualitative arms control differs from quantitative fleet limitation. A treaty may prohibit a weapon or cap the characteristics of a ship without restricting how many qualifying hulls each party can build. Under the Washington treaty framework, the 10,000-ton unit limit for cruisers did not by itself fix their total number. The object of a restriction matters as much as the existence of a treaty.