1981年初以里根为首的美国新政府执政以来宣布了进一步开展军备竞赛的方针,从而加剧了国际局势的复杂化。美国当局特别强调了加速海军发展的必要性,不满足于海军更新的现有高速度(见表)而力图进一步加快步伐。因此对业经批准的1981财政年度的造舰规划又进行了补充,极大地扩充了上届政府提出的1982财政年度的造舰计划,从根本上修改了美国造舰的远景规划。这激发了英国也对自己的海上核兵力进行现代化改 The new U.S. administration headed by Reagan since the beginning of 1981 has announced the principle of further arms race, which has exacerbated the complexity of the international situation. In particular, the U.S. authorities have emphasized the need to speed up the development of the Navy and are not satisfied with the existing high speed of naval upgrading (see table) but are trying to further accelerate the pace of development. Therefore, the newly approved shipbuilding plan was supplemented in fiscal year 1981, greatly expanding the previous government’s plan for shipbuilding in fiscal year 1982 and fundamentally revising the long-term plan for the U.S. shipbuilding. This inspired Britain to modernize its own naval forces