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Starship Troopers Revolutionize Warfighting
Boots and armor on the ground anywhere in the world in an hour
Suffice to say it was a mix of all the swear words I knew, a surprisingly large number of ones I didn’t know, and calling out his subordinates by name and threatening anatomically improbable punishments if they failed to respond immediately. That meant if the Army’s plan went well – and the enemy always gets a vote – it would spend the lives of almost 50,000 highly trained soldiers and tens of millions of dollars in equipment to buy six days to establish a supply line. Consider the Rapid Deployment Forces mission: Spend the lines of 50,000 soldiers retreating through Germany and France, keeping the Atlantic coast open for six days so planes and ships could start landing the main Army units.
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