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> The US doesn't even have reliable ways of getting goods and materials into the theatre and has limited quantities of everything. This is not true. US is know
by firesteelrain 3mo ago
> The US doesn't even have reliable ways of getting goods and materials into the theatre and has limited quantities of everything.
This is not true. US is known for the best logistics in the world.
- firesteelrain 3mo ago[flagged]
- bluegatty 3mo agoUS has 600 air refuelling aircraft and 40 naval supply ships. US power is mostly strategic, it's 'Air Based' which gives the kind of instant leverage leaders like. It's 'Aircraft Carrier Based'. The US doesn't have that same overwhelming ability otherwise. You can't quite an Army overseas - it takes a different kind of logistics esp. in Pacific, one the US doesn't quite have the level of sophistication. Don't get me wrong - 'it could' but would take a while to ramp up.
- firesteelrain 3mo ago[flagged]
- rbanffy 3mo agoI believe GP was being sarcastic.
- firesteelrain 3mo agoI was not
- rbanffy 3mo agoThen I’d stop at claiming “best” is meaningless in a military context without defining what the mission is. If it is starting wars, I’d say it’s great. If it means achieving goals, then it’s kind of meh.
- firesteelrain 3mo agoIn terms of logistics ? US is the best ever conceived in the history of mankind.
- rbanffy 3mo agoGenerals say it’s logistics that win wars. The US record in winning wars is simply terrible.
- firesteelrain 3mo agoUS hasn’t lost a war yet. US also has a large strategic-sealift force: dozens of RO/RO ships, commercial shipping agreements and prepositioned Army equipment in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. It can move man and materiel anywhere it pleases and fast.
- bluegatty 3mo agoIt's ok though - the US Forces do have 'the best logistics in the world' - that's not an unfair claim at all. They are exceedingly exceptional. But all of these systems have limits and characterizations. US would be hard pressed to keep 500K people full supplied and engaged in Pacific. It would take a while to ramp that up.
- firesteelrain 3mo agoSure, every logistics system has limits. But “it would take time to ramp up” isn’t the same as “the US can’t do it.”