The Invisible Army - Part 17: Contested Logistics
The Invisible Army ← Series Home Key Takeaways Sanctuary is ending: Since WWII, American logistics operated in sanctuary—ports weren't bombed, ships weren't sunk in quantity. A peer adversary will attack the supply chain directly. Dependence is vulnerability: The global supply chains that enable modern logistics also expose them. Critical components from adversary nations, single-source dependencies, long vulnerable routes. Industrial base has atrophied: America builds few ships, produces little ammunition in peacetime. Surging production for a major war would take years that may not be available. The doctrine is changing: "Contested logistics" and "expeditionary advance base operations" acknowledge that future supply will be neither safe nor guaranteed. The End of Sanctuary For eighty years—from 1945 to today—American military logistics has operated in conditions of relative sanctuary: ...
