Originally Posted by
Ninthace
You note the action was to remove, Guessing here, but given the position and size of the missile tubes, I would have thought swapping out would be a dockyard job and therefore a precursor to sailing with an appropriate weapon fit.
I am still not clear in my own mind that the ASMs were not pretty much decorative anyway unless there was a credible threat could they be used against? Are there any large NATO vessels lurking around and liable to interfere?
Since they were part of the permanent installed armament, would you not expect them to be fully loaded ? I am assuming that the ship was designed for deployment in a particular geographic area.