A separate arsenal ship would bring a large missile load to a carrier strike group. The carrier group's escorts would protect that ship as well as the carrier. The objection is that those escorts are already present and could themselves carry additional missiles. A separate ship adds another asset needing protection. The argument favours considering missile capacity together with the demands it places on the group's existing screen.
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An arsenal ship and the burden on its escorts
The criticism of an arsenal ship asks whether its extra missile capacity justifies another vessel for the carrier group's escorts to protect.