Arthur was extremely satisfied with the design of this battleship and personally named it the Doomsday-class Battleship.
Its name represented the end of large battleships like the Doomsday-class Battleship, as well as the end of the madness of building such large battleships.
Because only two Doomsday-class Battleships were to be built, after Arthur approved the construction plan, he placed them under the supervision of Minister of Defense Thomas.
What Arthur truly cared about, however, were the other warship designs on his desk, such as the Aircraft Carrier designs—the Imperial-class Aircraft Carrier and the Destruction-class Aircraft Carrier.
As he had said before, no one knew when World War II would break out, but it was certainly very close.
Australasia's warships were replaced very slowly, which also meant that during the early and middle stages of World War II, the fleet's mainstay would still be the current designs.
Moreover, the long construction time of warships was also one of the major factors restricting their replacement.
Even though designs for battleships and Aircraft Carriers already existed, it would take at least a year and a half before the finished products could be launched for testing.
Counting at least a year of naval aviation trials, as well as the time needed for the soldiers to become proficient with the warship, the entire process would take at least two and a half years.
If warships were built in large numbers, the design of a single class would have to remain in production for at least five years.
That was precisely why warship replacement proceeded so slowly. They couldn't possibly scrap all the warships that had only begun construction five years ago, could they?
Newly designed warships also required lengthy construction and testing phases. This meant that the service life of any warship was often ten