PPT Slide
SIZE STILL MATTERS IN GROUND WARFARE: upgrades America’s existing mass-produced mobility platforms with new technologies since increasingly complex/costly new systems are hand-built in ever smaller quantities (Spinney’s “death spiral”)
M113A3 Gavins upgraded with band-tracks, C4I, RPG-resistant applique’ armor, swim kits
Leased 747s and reserve C-141Bs
Off-the-shelf air-transportable AFVs
Pre-loaded and ready to fly-away!
Army helos upgraded to self-deploy using Piasecki VDTP/wings
USAF C-130s upgraded with “J” propfans/engines, mid-air refueling