The death of precision in warfare – There’s a section in this article which makes a point I want to expand on: I don’t think total economic mobilization is feasible with the platforms we have available to us today, because it’s much harder to convert a Ford plant to build F-35s than it was to convert a Ford plant to build B-24s.
SpaceX loses a booster – There’s only one hydraulic pump which runs all four grid fins. It failed, leading to a loss of control authority and a fast, uncontrolled roll. When the landing burn started, the booster recovered enough on thrust to make a soft water landing.
Would any current asset (F-35, M1Ax – etc, etc) have the simplicity to facilitate assembly at a rate of 63 min / unit? Irrespective of ability to convert over… (or funding or any other blocker – less complexity)
“The bugs were eventually worked out of the manufacturing processes, and by 1944, Ford was rolling a Liberator off the Willow Run production line every 63 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Run
Peer competitor warfare will exhaust whatever is on the table – the combatant left standing will dictate terms. There won’t be long lead (industrial) mobilizations. You could even argue that it would be so abrupt and violent that normal military deployments / reinforcement (TPFDD) wouldn’t factor in the final results. Or the opposing force would make introduction of those forces into theater very costly.
We’re here laughing at Norway, but they just launched the world’s first AEGIS Submarine.
Would any current asset (F-35, M1Ax – etc, etc) have the simplicity to facilitate assembly at a rate of 63 min / unit? Irrespective of ability to convert over… (or funding or any other blocker – less complexity)
“The bugs were eventually worked out of the manufacturing processes, and by 1944, Ford was rolling a Liberator off the Willow Run production line every 63 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Run
Peer competitor warfare will exhaust whatever is on the table – the combatant left standing will dictate terms. There won’t be long lead (industrial) mobilizations. You could even argue that it would be so abrupt and violent that normal military deployments / reinforcement (TPFDD) wouldn’t factor in the final results. Or the opposing force would make introduction of those forces into theater very costly.
Doh!; the above was reflection upon: https://warontherocks.com/2018/11/the-death-of-precision-in-warfare/