Patterns of Conflict
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| Works of John Boyd |
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OODA WIKI Edition
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Okay. Impact of— Let’s go up now— Of course, the 19th century saw the impact of a lot of modern technology and I want to bring that in. And we see these as key ingredients: railroad, telegraph, quick-fire artillery, machine guns, repeating rifle, barbed wire and trenches, and the early trends we begin to see: emphasis on mass firepower supported by rail logistics.
Increased emphasis on a holding defense. But they still use these frontal assaults by large stereotyped infantry formations. In other words, they didn’t break them down into smaller units and try to— and the result is not too surprising. Because the way they’re operating, they’re suppressing ambiguity and deception. Since they suppress that, they suppress surprise. The result is, you get a bloodbath.