The Atlantic case supports a general warning against treating any weapon as a naval panacea. Modern surface ships cannot ordinarily reload vertical-launch cells at sea, and submarines must return to a safe base to replenish torpedoes. A submarine must also reserve weapons for self-protection and decide whether attacking a relatively replaceable escort is worth revealing its position. Magazine depth, target value, and the logistics of rearming limit even a tactically powerful platform.
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Finite magazines constrain submarines and surface ships
Modern vertical-launch cells and submarine torpedoes cannot normally be replenished at sea, making target choice, self-protection, and return-to-base logistics part of combat power.