“2.2 billion worth of military equipment had been stripped from U.S. Forces in West Germany and America and shipped to Israel in an unprecedented day and night airlift.” AmericaNightForceMilitaryWestJewIsraelBillionsGermanyEquipmentDay And NightUnprecedentedWest GermanyMilitary Equipment Author:George Scratchley Brown
“The Americans provide still more advanced military assets and equipment; the Europeans are lagging behind. And eventually it will be difficult to co-operate even if you had the political will to co-operate because of the technological gap.” IfsStillsPoliticalDifficultBehindsMilitaryGapsAssetsTechnologicalEquipmentPolitical Will Author:Anders Fogh Rasmussen
“There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important. All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age. Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.” PeopleMenImportantWarMatterStatesAgeDiesMilitaryConfidenceEssentialsElementsOld AgeRulersNeverthelessLackingEquipmentStarvationMilitary Equipment Author:Confucius
“Air control can be established by superiority in numbers, by better employment, by better equipment, or by a combination of these factors.” NumbersAirMilitaryFactorsEmploymentCombinationAviationSuperiorityEquipmentAir PowerAirpowerMilitary Aviation Author:Carl Andrew Spaatz
“The military doesn't teach rifle marksmanship. It teaches equipment familiarity. Despite what the officer corps thinks, learning to shoot a rifle is not like learning to drive a car. Instead, it is like learning to play the violin.... The equipment familiarity learning curve comes up quick, but then the rifle marksmanship continuation of the curve rises very slowly....by shooting one careful shot at a time, carefully inspecting the result (and the cause).” ThinkingPlayCausesResultsTeachMilitaryCarGunShotsCome UpCarefulDespiteShootingOfficersEquipmentCurvesFamiliarityViolinRiflesContinuationLearning CurveMarksmanship Author:Daryl Davis
“The United States has been ambiguous on the current situation in Nepal. They have not actually come out very strongly in terms of pushing the king to take measures on the detentions or abuses by the army. China continues to provide military equipment.” Has BeensStatesTermUnitedSituationUnited StatesMilitaryKingsAbuseArmyCurrentsChinaPushingVery StrongEquipmentAmbiguityAmbiguousNepalDetentionCurrent SituationMilitary Equipment Author:Irene Khan
“Soviet rocket troops possess enough equipment to be able, if need be, to sweep any aggressor from the face of the earth at whatever point of the globe he may be and whatever military power, territory, or economy he may possess.” IfsNeedsMayEnoughAbleEarthFacesEconomyMilitaryTerritorySovietTroopsGlobesEquipmentRocketsAggressorsMilitary Power Author:Sergey Biryuzov
“At a time when we must seek to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the local community, I am deeply concerned that the deployment of military equipment and vehicles sends a conflicting message.” LawCommunityMilitaryMessagesConcernedLocalsVehicleEquipmentLaw EnforcementEnforcementDeploymentLocal CommunityMilitary Equipment Author:Eric Holder
“Our job is to provide coalition the military equipment that they need; the air support they need; special forces when appropriate. But at the end of the day for a dozen different reasons, not the least of which is that ISIS would like American combat troops on the ground so they could reach out to the Muslim world and say, "Look, we're taking on those terrible Americans."” WorldNeedsLooksDifferentEndsReasonJobsForceSupportAirSpecialMilitaryTerribleThe End Of The DayAppropriateCombatDozenReach OutTroopsEquipmentIsisCoalitionsMuslim WorldSpecial ForcesMilitary Equipment Author:Bernie Sanders
“It is well known that Russia has many interesting and promising developments in the military-technical sphere. We are ready to deliver the needed equipment and ready for joint cooperation in arms production with Brazilian specialists. This is an area that is very closely linked to high technology in general. In this respect, we hope to develop closer cooperation between the scientific communities in our two countries.” WellsTwoCountryCommunityInterestingKnownTechnologyMilitaryReadyArmsDevelopmentNeededAreasProductionsRussiaCooperationSpheresEquipmentWell KnownLinkedJointsSpecialistsTwo CountriesHigh Technology Author:Vladimir Putin
“Our military has been so badly depleted. Who would think the United States is raiding plane graveyards to pick up parts and equipment? That means they're being held together by a shoestring. Other countries have brand-new stuff they have bought from us. It's insane.” ThinkingMeanHas BeensCountryStatesTogetherStuffUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryPicksInsaneBrandsPlanesOther CountriesEquipmentGraveyardBrand NewNew StuffRaiding Author:Donald Trump