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Originally Posted by manunancy
I'm not familiar with the timeline to tell for sure, but would it be possible to have a shortage of ships nearby to either use or haul out the hardware ? In such a case it may well have laid there until something able to use it was sent there.
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Doubtful. I'm not a navy person, but my understanding is warships don't carry a huge amount of ammunition on board, but rely on fairly regular resupply from support ships (the John Hancock for example only carried about 475-500 rounds for it's 5" gun, and as far as I can see anywhere only the 8 Harpoon missiles loaded in the launchers - can't find much on the other systems).
With the lack of a resupply ship in the area (likely sunk by the Russians I'd think), the limited amount in the various warships is all they can count on for the duration. If there was one, you'd think it important enough to have been included in the OOB.
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Last edited by Legbreaker; 04-21-2012 at 06:56 AM.
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