In many minds, military “modernization” means taking an existing platform and making it better. From the Maginot Line as a specific example of ‘fighting the last war,’ to the endless examples of leaders who rejected whatever “newfangled nonsense” like tanks or airplanes which some smart aleck was trying to introduce to modernize their militaries, truly advancing in military capability often involves overcoming the resistance to change by the ossified dinosaurs - and processes - in one’s own military and nation. Mark Twain is alleged to have said “ History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Historians, military historians, psychologists, satirists, and futurists from ancient times to today have been painfully aware of this fact of human nature.
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