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re: Let's talk about military spending

Posted on 3/20/17 at 3:17 pm to
Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
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Posted on 3/20/17 at 3:17 pm to
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And, as I've maintained in this - the reserve and guard components, while great (and cost effective) augments to force, simply can't do all the things the standing forces can do, and certainly not with the short response times of the 21st Century.
What conceivable contingency would require massive amounts of ground and air power immediately?
Posted by WhiskeyPapa
Member since Aug 2016
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Posted on 3/20/17 at 3:19 pm to
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And, as I've maintained in this - the reserve and guard components, while great (and cost effective) augments to force, simply can't do all the things the standing forces can do, and certainly not with the short response times of the 21st Century.

What conceivable contingency would require massive amounts of ground and air power immediately?


Them Rooskies.
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 3/20/17 at 3:20 pm to
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What conceivable contingency would require massive amounts of ground and air power immediately?


Off the top of my head:

North Korean invasion of South Korea.

Russian attack on a NATO ally.
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