http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/12/20/what-rumsfeld-got-right/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/12/20/what-rumsfeld-got-right/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 Barry Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:44:36 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1489#comment-1431 Using accuracy, range, sensors and communication in place of raw firepower tonnage has been a steady trend in the US military since WWII (for conventional forces). The one blip, so to speak, was that some advocated using the end of Cold War lull to jump forward one full generation, since we didn't have the year-by-year efforts of the USSR to worry about. And that is something that Rumsfield failed at - the current budget is for more of the same, just going to model X+1 in place of model X. With the sole exception, from what I've heard, of basic land forces. We're still not equipped to fight the most likely land wars, which would be counter-guerrilla/propping up states. Using accuracy, range, sensors and communication in place of raw firepower tonnage has been a steady trend in the US military since WWII (for conventional forces). The one blip, so to speak, was that some advocated using the end of Cold War lull to jump forward one full generation, since we didn’t have the year-by-year efforts of the USSR to worry about. And that is something that Rumsfield failed at – the current budget is for more of the same, just going to model X+1 in place of model X. With the sole exception, from what I’ve heard, of basic land forces. We’re still not equipped to fight the most likely land wars, which would be counter-guerrilla/propping up states.

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