Reserve ships need assigned crews and activation protocols if mobilisation is to provide more than a paper option. A normal call-up might take weeks, while an emergency effort could compress the timetable to days. Announcing the mobilisation would also signal escalation before combat. The government could use that demonstration of seriousness to press the other side toward negotiations.
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Reserve call-up as a deterrent signal
Calling up trained reservists and stored ships can both generate capacity and signal that a government is serious enough to seek negotiations from a stronger position.