Kosinski: Logistics functions as a weapon system that determines military effectiveness
Leo Kosinski · The Software Crisis Behind America's Infrastructure · Apr 28, 2025 · at 21:48
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Leo Kosinski is Chief Strategy Officer at Airspace Intelligence and former Director for Logistics of the Joint Staff. He emphasizes that sustainment and supply chains dictate the actual utility of weapon systems.
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“Because no matter what great weapon system you have, if you can't supply and sustain it and move it where you need to, it's not effective. And I really think logistics and experts do think of it as a weapon system itself.”
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