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Amateurs Talk Strategy: The Unfashionable Primacy of Logistics

Jun 13, 2026 by J. Callas

Recent wars have been decided less by doctrine than by artillery shell production, rail gauge, and the unglamorous question of who could fix vehicles faster. Precision weapons ran out; logistics did not stop mattering because it was boring.

Count the dull things

Net assessment that counts launchers but not reloads, or squadrons but not spare engines, systematically overrates first-week strength. The side that plans for month six usually gets to see it.


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