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We explore how a shift in logistics management philosophy from centralized supply to many small and redundant systems linked in a robust global network may help blunt terrorist primary goals of disrupting orderly government and commerce. In effect, logistics can be weaponized.
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Key points were presented in outline form as a problem statement for the LOGTECH seminar program, sponsored by The Institute for Defense and Business at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, June 2009.
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Ray, T. (2015). Net-Centric Logistics: Complex Systems Science Aims at Moving Targets. In: Fellman, P., Bar-Yam, Y., Minai, A. (eds) Conflict and Complexity. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1705-1_6
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