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The only bit I know about military logistics is from reading Pagonis's book. As a general rule, in any supply chain there is a certain amount of elasticity. In theory, there should be excess capacity which is occupied by luxuries, say 20 pallets of frozen pizza dough. In an emergency, those 20 pallets can be replaced by an AFV or tank.
If I understand this correctly, then the either capacity to move necessary supplies has shrunk, the amount of necessary supplies has risen, or the amount of unnecessary supplies has risen.
Option C means that the excess capacity is still there if needed. Options A or B mean that operations have expanded or capacity has shrunk.
It really sucks that in all the money that got sucked into Iraq, building literally crappy buildings, not to mention a 'super embassy' compound that we are probably going to be forced to abandon in the near future, noone could find a spare 100 million to upgrade two airports in Afghanistan.
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04-06-2010, 08:11 PM
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