The response accepts the observation that the Japanese Navy began the war with every ship operating and none held back in refit. That represented roughly a 110 percent opening effort: formidable at the outset but not a sustainable readiness posture. Wartime operating rates would consume spares and power-plant life while ships accumulated delayed maintenance. The point distinguishes a fleet's maximum opening concentration from the industrial and refit system required to preserve combat power over time.
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The Japanese Navy's unsustainable all-out opening effort
The stream distinguishes the Japanese Navy's formidable all-out opening deployment from the maintenance limits that would erode it.