That is the major (And extremely rare) argument being made for the change of the size of the ship.
But also you have to look at the time. They could have made the enterprise able to destroy planets and have missiles that could penetrate shields or whatever. But Star Trek explored a more peaceful solution to many issues which is what everyone desired in the cold war.
But as the story progressed you just had to put in stronger adversaries that do not care if you have a nuke or photon torpedo. by the time ENT came around the norm was battle then have a peaceful settlement of the situation.
The ship has to be bigger and stronger because that is what Trek is today.
That is one of the rare things to "Just happen" in the new movie. Everything else is a result of the image above.
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