Finding Adversaries Hiding in the Defense Department’s Supply Chains
Could the Chinese Communist Party “page” U.S. servicemembers, the way the Mossad did to Hizballah on Sept. 17, 2024, in one of the most daring deception operations in living memory? It is possible. The Department of Defense does not fully understand the breadth and depth of its supply chain. Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante revealed how difficult this problem had become for the U.S. military services and the defense industry that supports it. An industry executive first “thought he had 300 suppliers,” LaPlante reported in a September 2022 press briefing, “then he discovered no, The post Finding Adversaries Hiding in the Defense Department’s Supply Chains appeared first on War on the Rocks.
Could the Chinese Communist Party “page” U.S. servicemembers, the way the Mossad did to Hizballah on Sept. 17, 2024, in one of the most daring deception operations in living memory? It is possible. The Department of Defense does not fully understand the breadth and depth of its supply chain. Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante revealed how difficult this problem had become for the U.S. military services and the defense industry that supports it. An industry executive first “thought he had 300 suppliers,” LaPlante reported in a September 2022 press briefing, “then he discovered no,
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