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32. Issue on ships is that SM2 anti air missile system can not be reloaded at sea. Not a total inventory issue....

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 07:56 PM

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...immediately, rather they need heavy lift support at a port to restock the launch tubes. I think both we and Israel have been lucky that, while the Iranians, Hezbollah and maybe others have/had thousands and thousands of missiles, their ability to get a critical number at a coordinated time on target to overwhelm the radar and missile systems like the SM2 and Iron Dome has been lacking. My theory is that they have/had plenty of missiles but not enough launchers, trained crews and coordinated command and control to take strategic advantage of their stock. If we go against the 600 ship Chinese navy, we may see what the down side of this reality looks like when against a near peer adversary not the rag tag wannabes.

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