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Why most warships do not embark four mixed helicopters

Two helicopter types multiply hangar, maintenance, spares, and specialist-personnel demands beyond what most surface combatants can carry.

Question

Why are modern warships not designed for two medium and two light helicopters?

Short answer

The space, personnel, maintenance, and duplicate logistics burden is too large for most surface combatants.

Notes

Four aircraft would already consume substantial flight-deck and hangar volume. Mixing medium- and light-lift types adds separate logistics, training, maintenance, and crew requirements rather than merely adding airframes. Every spare, maintainer, and support space competes with the ship's other weapons and missions. The apparent multi-role gain must therefore be weighed against a large permanent loss of ship space and manpower.