Which fleet could rearm faster after the opening battles?

Which side could rearm and return to operations more easily after the first naval battles?

Probably the Soviet Union because of its more vertically integrated force structure, although NATO's variety made its next moves harder to predict.

The answer presents rearmament as a tradeoff rather than a simple industrial ranking. A more vertically integrated Soviet force uses fewer national supply systems and could restore standard loads efficiently after the first battles. NATO's multinational variety complicates ammunition, maintenance, and replacement planning. The same variety also denies Soviet commanders one uniform problem to solve, so logistical simplicity and operational predictability pull in opposite directions.