The Cost of Seapower: The Influence of Money on Naval Affairs from 1815 to the Present Day |
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aircraft carriers anti-submarine armament armed armour attack average battlecruisers battlefleet battleships and battlecruisers blockade Britain British capabilities capital ships cent per annum changes circa completed construction contemporary convoy Copt cost escalation cruisers CTOL defeat defence budget defence burden defence spending destroyers development costs displacement Dreadnought economic strength equipment escort estimates example exchange rate expenditure fleet aircraft carriers France frigates fuel German growth guns hence increase industry inflation innovation Japan major manufacturing military competition missiles modern nations naval operational optimum unit cost Pax Britannica peacetime percentage performance pre-dreadnoughts proportion range rearmament reduced relative rivals roles Royal Navy Russia shown in Fig smaller specific cost standard deviation submarines surface warships technical threat trade trend Type 22 frigates types of warship U-boats unit production cost vessels VTOL Washington Treaty weapons World World War II