One thing I noticed in the article was that the authors (rightly) mentioned how difficult it would be for China to mount an amphibious invasion - but neglected to describe how difficult it would be for the US to logistically prosecute a war on the other side of the Pacific without a robust merchant marine.*
Likewise one of the lessons from the Russia-Ukraine war that is having to be relearned is the massively accelerated consumption of ammunition and supplies stockpiles. Do you have a heavy manufacturing base able to expand - not incrementally but by several factors - to support an old school, sustained industrial war?
* Article in USNI that basically says the Gator Navy is useless in a peer competitor fight and suggest using the ships for logistics. Not sure if I agree with it but I enjoyed the different perspective.
The Military Sealift Command’s (MSC’s) civilian manned, unarmed combat logistics force (CLF) fleet can't be used to move supplies into contested zones.
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