Budget-Driven Force Sizing
Budget-driven force sizing argues that capability follows funding: you cannot substitute efficient management for the platforms, personnel, and sustainment that money buys. The central insight reframes force planning around an explicit tradeoff between threat, desired posture, and available budget—forcing leaders to prioritize missions, accept risk, or secure more resources. The surprising but practical takeaway is candidness: realistic force architectures emerge only when assumptions about cost and capacity are transparent. This approach drives disciplined choices—where shortfalls demand mission narrowing or investment—and invites stakeholders to align strategy, spending, and expectations rather than pretending efficiency alone will close capability gaps.
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