#military-logistics

#military-logistics

Campaigners have called for government "transparency" amid reports the United States Air Force has moved nuclear weapons to a Suffolk airbase, with specific concerns about the deployment. The flight data of a specialist C-17A Globemaster indicates it traveled from New Mexico to RAF Lakenheath last week, raising alarms over nuclear readiness. The situation marks a potential return of nuclear weapons to Lakenheath, the first since 2008, with platform preparations for the B61-12 bomb being evident based on recent documentation and expert analysis.

The U.S. military runs on Excel spreadsheets and white boards and manual processes right now to execute logistics operations. Logistics is never the sexiest part of the military.

According to the Department of Transport, the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft in Irish airspace is prohibited unless an exemption is granted by the Minister for Transport.

"He who commands the sea has command of everything," the ancient Athenian general Themistocles said. By that standard, the United States has command of very little.