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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Wartime surge production of supplies
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Date: 16 Nov 90 05:38:47 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
>How long does it take to produce the following items? How many production lines
>are available for "surge" capability? (Stop laughing so hard...)

(Laughter deleted.)  The surge capacity of the production lines is miniscule
in comparison to the sort of consumption rate that would be normal in any
substantial war.  These are very complex weapons by the standards of
earlier wars, and ramping up production would take years.  For all practical
purposes, a modern military force fights a war with whatever (inadequate)
reserves it had when the war started.
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