A viewer notes that navies once solved difficult at-sea ammunition transfers and asks why missiles should be different. Proposed systems exist, but a reliable VLS-reload capability would be difficult, expensive, and risky to develop. The work would also take time and produce enabling infrastructure instead of a visually impressive new combat platform. Political preference for the glamorous end product helps explain why Western navies defer the logistics that determine how long their ships can fight.
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Why VLS reloading at sea remains a neglected investment
At-sea missile rearming is technically possible in principle, but its cost, risk, and unglamorous infrastructure make sustained development politically difficult.