Provisions First—Logistics Equipment and War

Author: Hu Siyuan
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: "Into the Future Battlefield of Military Transformation," a series that uses extensive and detailed information, vivid language, and a wealth of data to explain the development of weapon systems. It introduces what we understand as information equipment, cyber weapons, non-lethal weapons, space warfare, unmanned vehicles, stealth technology, and more, while also forecasting and predicting future warfare. This is a modern military popular science book that combines scientific rigor, knowledge,, and readability, making it a favorite among young readers. It can also serve as supplementary teaching material for military personnel to learn about weapon systems, as well as a reference for weapon system research and management.
You must know the ancient saying, "Before mobilizing troops, ensure the supply of provisions"; you must also know Zhuge Liang's legendary story of creating the ancient "Wooden Flowing Ox and Horse" for logistics! But this book will take you further into understanding the modern "logistics generals" of the past, the contemporary logistics in the air, and the future logistics networks—how they will enter the fierce battles of military transformation! The past, no matter how important, cannot defeat the enemy of the future. Let us follow the author's logistics thinking as we move into the logistics front lines of the information age. A new logistics landscape, "With Information Wings Unfurled" and "Achieving Precise Balance," is about to unfold before your eyes!
Open this book, and you will see the tragic examples of military defeats due to logistics failures; open this book, and you will learn how the "strangle and counter-strangle" battles unfolded during the Korean War; open this book, and you will "revisit" the "Unbreakable Ho Chi Minh Trail" of the Vietnam War; open this book, and you will hear about how the U.S. military's logistics support was conducted in the Iraq War. In this book, you will see that the rapid advancement of modern countries' technological levels and economic strength has laid the foundation for the transformation of modern logistics.