Why logistics will be key to any US conflict with Russia and China
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Arabian Supply Chain has done an interesting interview with the Supreme Group, which is helping with the supply chain in and out of Afghanistan for US troops. It paints a fine picture of the enormity of the job, the lack of transparency into the movements and the need for a Plan B. Supreme, which distributes food for troops as well as bringing out some of the $28bn worth of equipment, uses between 20 and 30 B747 freighters each week into ...
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Comment on this article
Alex Lennane
January 09, 2014 at 9:48 amA helpful reader, who knows this market well, has pointed out that in fact Supreme last year lost the $8.1bn contract to supply US troops with food to Dubai company Anham. Since then it appears that most of Supreme’s flights into Afghanistan have stopped.
http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/dubai-company-wins-dh29-billion-deal-to-supply-us-forces-in-afghanistan