A recent news article published in the CIMSEC by Stephen M. Carmel states that tankers for the pacific fight : A crisis in capability.
Without enough fuelThe Department of Defense is projected to need on the order of one hundred tankers of various sizes in the event of a serious conflict in the Pacific.1 The DoD currently has access it can count on – assured access – to less than ten. Not only does the U.S. lack the tonnage required to support a major conflict in...
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