CDR Sal, you continue to push what should be obvious, but is apparently not understood by the bureaucracy. Please keep doing it, if for no other reason than being able to say "I told you so" later if and when things go dreadfully wrong. The Obvious: DoD is a dependencies based enterprise. Industrial capacity is a "must have" capability. …
CDR Sal, you continue to push what should be obvious, but is apparently not understood by the bureaucracy. Please keep doing it, if for no other reason than being able to say "I told you so" later if and when things go dreadfully wrong. The Obvious: DoD is a dependencies based enterprise. Industrial capacity is a "must have" capability. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter how many "silver bullet, one weird trick to make all the problems go away" .ppt briefings" the Military Industrial Complex (TM) / major defense contractors produce and display at the prototype level. If you can't produce at scale whether it is ships, armor, aircraft, munitions, critical chips, etc. you will be unable to perform DoD's primary mission: defense of the United States. Also obviously, as you state, industrial capacity is flexible (within limits). Shifting production lines from hospital ships to frigates is possible within much shorter time constraints than starting from scratch. I'd add that building the platforms then recruiting the personnel to man them may be much more possible than thought IF the proper incentives (pay, benfits, social standing, etc.) are created. All of this requires changing the mindset of the "Iron Triangle" of DoD, Congress, and the Military Industrial Complex (TM). You are on point, and on target, keep up the good work.
One of the most true things I have come to understand in my over half century on this planet is this: “Just when your are tired of saying something, is right when people are starting to listen.”
CDR Sal, you continue to push what should be obvious, but is apparently not understood by the bureaucracy. Please keep doing it, if for no other reason than being able to say "I told you so" later if and when things go dreadfully wrong. The Obvious: DoD is a dependencies based enterprise. Industrial capacity is a "must have" capability. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter how many "silver bullet, one weird trick to make all the problems go away" .ppt briefings" the Military Industrial Complex (TM) / major defense contractors produce and display at the prototype level. If you can't produce at scale whether it is ships, armor, aircraft, munitions, critical chips, etc. you will be unable to perform DoD's primary mission: defense of the United States. Also obviously, as you state, industrial capacity is flexible (within limits). Shifting production lines from hospital ships to frigates is possible within much shorter time constraints than starting from scratch. I'd add that building the platforms then recruiting the personnel to man them may be much more possible than thought IF the proper incentives (pay, benfits, social standing, etc.) are created. All of this requires changing the mindset of the "Iron Triangle" of DoD, Congress, and the Military Industrial Complex (TM). You are on point, and on target, keep up the good work.
One of the most true things I have come to understand in my over half century on this planet is this: “Just when your are tired of saying something, is right when people are starting to listen.”
Some times not even then.
The correct statement is: No requirement, No ship. Either find the bucks or go on wishfully thinking