[carapace]

First of all, thank you for your service. My dad was in the Army. (Briefly. He was too nuts.) Respect.

And thanks for the detailed reply.

There are trade-offs, yes, but that's not really what I'm getting at. It's more that these machines require a huge and intricate supply chains (not to mention supply lines) to function. If anything were to cut them off they're going to be out of commission soon.