"Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message ...
"s.p.i." wrote in message om...
Unfortunately, the idea of producing our way to victory is no longer a
luxury the U. S. will be able to count on. For the foreseable future
you guys are going to need to fight more like the Germans did in WWII;
superbly trained people who have to make do with limited resources.

This seems insane to me.
ok


The Iraqis made do with limited resources.
The Afghanis made do with limited resources.

yup and limited skill as well

The United States spends more on defense than the entire continent of
Europe including Russia. We spend more than the entire continent
of Asia including China and India. We spend more on defense
than the top ten nations combined.
Going to your analogy, the Germans had less equipment than their enemies,
yet could win battles by better methods. The US does not face this challenge.

How many E-8s are flying today?...How many EP-3Es? How many
replacements are programmed that will be available to go into a fight
somewhere along the Asian Crescent?
The Air Force has been forced into this whole tanker lease deal
because they are outright desperate for the resources.

Ten years from now its entirely plausible that some wily potential
opponents in that region may well have the capacity to outmatch us in
terms of Concentration Of Force fi we had to meet them near or on
their home turf.

Sure, we face other challenges, but not this one.

There is a growing realization we don't have the resources to do what
we are trying to do today. We can no longer fight a war of plenty.