The argument for retaining substantial naval guns rests on wartime endurance rather than nostalgia. The continuing importance of tube artillery in Ukraine shows how comparatively simple ammunition remains critical in sustained combat. Russian use of anti-ship missiles against land targets also indicates pressure on purpose-built missile stocks. Expensive guided weapons can dominate early operations, while guns and deep ammunition reserves gain importance when a conflict lasts for months rather than weeks.
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Why guns regain value in a prolonged war
The discussion uses ammunition expenditure in Ukraine to argue that gun systems become more valuable as a war outlasts limited missile inventories.