While wartime R&D is likely to speed up, it has to be remembered that most countries entered the conflict(s) essentially unprepared. Given that by late 1997 all forward progress had effectively ceased due to the nukes, it's therefore hard to justify more than 12-18 months of development.
Regardless how much money is thrown at it, I just can't see 3-5 years compressed into such a short period of time.
Something else worth looking at is the situation with the US (and others) in Iraq. Even several years on, they're still having trouble supplying the troops with everything they need although I'm sure it's a bit different now than it was several years ago. And that's a comparatively minor engagement when you look at T2K and it's multiple, large scale operational theatres.
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