Modern discussions of global reach often focus on fleet auxiliaries and the supplies needed to reach a distant theater. That covers only the short-term layer of sustainment. Planners must also ask where ships will be inspected and repaired, whether they must return home, and whether allied ports have spare capacity after serving their own fleets. A dock shown on a map is not automatically available, maintained for foreign use, or politically accessible when tension remains below open war.
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Allied repair capacity limits global operations
Supply ships enable deployment, but sustained operations also depend on repair facilities that allies may already need for their own fleets.