Canon module omissions - RDF module

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

From memory, it's been discussed before a while back. I think the consensus was it was stripped of supplies fairly early on, and then pasted by the Soviets in late 1997.

Not at all. There's plenty of ports in the area the ships can dock at and take on fuel, food, ammo, etc. It's not like they're operating over huge distances far away from their fuel supplies.
Also, just because the ships are there, do they really have to be at sea? Doesn't it make more sense given the limited irreplaceable ammunition and crews, for them to only put to sea when actually needed?

ammo for this group may not be an issue - the US had large stocks in the area as did the Saudis so they may actually be still very well equipped - I can see, for instance, MilGov sending the Corpus Christi there after she drops off the Soviet scientists back in the US and getting herself a fresh loadout of Harpoons and torpedoes.