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Originally Posted by jester
SKILLED PERSONNEL to do this. Simply put, brain drain. We lost a lot of people at the end of the Cold War who either retired or went on to other industries. So, rounding them up and getting their skillset back would take time. Or training new people would also take time.
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This depends a lot on which timeline. The v1.0 timeline does not include a halt to the Cold War, or a build down. This is an issue for V2 or v2.2 or 2013.
(And if you think NATO's build down was severe 1987-1996, to me the WP build down in the same period is..... more extensive.)
Uncle Ted