THE VIDEO SHELF · military logistics
The US Military’s Massive Global Transportation System
Wendover Productions explains how the US military moves people and materiel worldwide, including prepositioned equipment, sealift and airlift. It shows the scale of the logistics system behind US force projection.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a clear overview of military logistics, often as a contrast with civilian infrastructure efforts.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Wendover Productions
- Topic
- military logistics
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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The US could cut back and still compete in the West Pacific/South China see but it would have to focus there very heavily to the detriment of the existing implied obligations to NATO. Part of the US's politically dominant position post WW2 is that we've …
rtkwe on Hacker News · 2023-02
In Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build new subways in AmericaI'm really worried that cheap, abundant and reliable is not something our defense industry is capable of. - As a result of deindustrialization, we can't ramp up production of critical components. We make up for that by prepositioning supply depots around the world, and these …
rsj_hn on Hacker News · 2022-11
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