Sense And Respond: Military Logistics In A Global Security Environment

摘要

This article, the first in a series of three on sense and respond logistics, focuses on how the current global security environment requires logistics planners to emphasize in-transit visibility, real-time information, and responsive support to the warfighter. During the Cold War, the U.S. military spent billions of dollars preparing for a conventional land war on the European continent that could occur in response to a Soviet invasion. After the fall of the Soviet Union and its satellite countries, the threat of another world war seemed implausible and U.S. political leaders began to downsize the military.