Even an awkward missile can become useful if fired in sufficient numbers. The opposite of a sustainable fleet would give every ship a different surface-to-air missile while the navy searches for the best design. Each hull would require its own ammunition, maintenance, training, and operating procedures. The result would be a force that could not reliably know which capability was available for a given operation, illustrating why standardization is a combat multiplier.
Notable Point · 52:47-53:31
Sea Slug saturation and the trap of unique missile fits
A joke about filling the air with Sea Slug missiles becomes a warning against giving every ship a different experimental air-defence system.