Off the Strait of Hormuz, a US Navy helicopter carries ammunition over the very cables the fleet just rigged between two ships, instead of sliding it along them. The cable is right there, tensioned and tested. Here is the engineering reason USS Boxer takes her ammo from the air, and why it comes down to time, not muscle. This is a story about underway replenishment: how a warship at sea takes on fuel, ammunition, and stores without ever entering port. Liquid fuel obeys one set of rules and must move through the rigid hoses of connected replenishment. Solid cargo obeys another, and belongs to the vertical loop of the MH-60S Knighthawk. We take apart what a cable actually costs a ship that cannot afford to stop turning, why the amphibious fleet pays that cost in more ways than a carrier does, and why the whole answer was already worked out back in 1964. #USNavy #NavyDecoded #USSBoxer #StraitOfHormuz #VERTREP #Iran #NavalLogistics Timestamps: 0:00 The load that flies over the cable, not along it 1:50 The distance that decides how long she can stay 4:20 Two cargoes, two laws, and why fuel cannot fly 7:25 The helicopter built for one very specific lift 10:57 What the cable really costs a ship at sea 14:25 The trick the Navy has run since 1964 16:02 Why keeping a ship supplied is a race against time
Source: Why the US Navy Flies Ammo Over a Cable It Just Rigged Off Hormuz
