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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Bilow who wrote (31872)6/8/2002 3:24:35 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
but artillery has been the backbone of industrialized warfare ever since Napoleon. (I.e. real wars between groups of industrialized nations with universal conscription and where millions of soldiers are killed over decade long conflicts that cover entire continents.

The same could be said about the horse. The same arguments were made by the horse soldiers in the 20th century.

The US is on the cusp of a revolution in warfighting. We're already a generation or three ahead of everyone else in military technology. Now is the time, while there AREN'T any great power threats to the US, to develop the new doctrine. And the new tools. The Crusader is a pork project.

Derek
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