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To: CodeToad

Sadly, I am well versed in bull**** bureaucratese.

A multiplatform force multiplier is a fancy way of saying you can link multiple units, weapon systems, sensors, and etc. to cause a military force to act as one single organism. This magnifies the effect on the enemy when they’re still acting at the unit level.

For instance you can link tanks and artillery to act as a single artillery force. You can also tie in individual troops and their anti-tank missiles to neutralize targets that are not line of sight. And you can link all of the above to fire TOT.

This kind of capability is called a multiplatform force multiplier.

The Russians have some capabilities like this but NATO has this kind of thing in spades. NATO has MFP’s no one’s even tried yet just because the reason isn’t there.

In any case when you see it in action you realize that an MFP capability is a weapon unto itself.


108 posted on 12/21/2021 1:12:15 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: MercyFlush

“For instance you can link tanks and artillery to act as a single artillery force. You can also tie in individual troops and their anti-tank missiles to neutralize targets that are not line of sight. And you can link all of the above to fire TOT.”

Yeah, it works just like that. /s
Sounds like you have never served. You would know how a brochure from Lockheed Martin isn’t exactly how things work in real life.


120 posted on 12/21/2021 1:40:51 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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