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Old December 19th 03, 01:19 AM
Chad Irby
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(Derek Lyons) wrote:

Procuring the missiles is only the first step. Then you have to
train the crews, and store the missiles until needed, and distribute
them when needed. All three are non-trivial problems in and of
themselves. (And all four steps are vulnerable to disruption.)


That's something a lot of nations can't seem to understand about running
a modern military. Strategy is one thing, equipment design is another,
but logistics is what wins wars.

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