Chad Irby wrote:

(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.

Yep. Some time back a gentleman asked over on sci.military.naval what
it would take to build a small, modern, and regionally important naval
force. He was quite taken aback when the vast majority of the
responses emphasized all the 'non-sexy' bits. (Repair parts, repair
training, DC training, countermeasures, infrastructure, general
training, communications...)

D.
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