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To: foobert who wrote (150)8/13/1999 2:29:00 AM
From: Ken  Respond to of 662
 
Here's one answer to your question, Mark! Instead of a hypothetical or an opinioned answer, since they upset you so much, how about an example from history:

US army in WW2 concentrated on destroying by air the Germans' prime ball-bearing factory at Swinemunde, stating that without ball-bearings, their military would be rendered inoperable.

Can you extrapolate that real-life senario to our current military, or even to our industrialized society?

Comments?



To: foobert who wrote (150)8/13/1999 7:09:00 AM
From: J.L. Turner  Respond to of 662
 
Foobert
What Bearcub was indirectly addressing here is the fact that most bearings are no longer made here in the USA.They are manufactured offshore primarily in Brazil.They could therefore be part of the supply chain issue.As usual a good point got lost in personal discussion.

"whenever you are dealing with a critical
resource, you establish a second or third source of supply."
True but sometimes not possible due to cost reliability and other issues.
J.L.T.


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