[thechat] Lanchester's Law: Too Few American Soldiers

[John Handelaar]

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> Sent: 04 April 2003 00:49
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> > http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/WhosCounting/whoscounting.html
> > 
> > A maths professor explains why the US probably hasn't sent enough
> > troops to Iraq, which is possibly why it's progressing slower than
> > expected.
> 
> But if you send twice as many troops, you're giving 
> the enemy twice as many targets to shoot at, and 
> you can expect twice as many deaths.

Conversely, therefore, the smart thing to do would
have been to send an army of only one guy to invade
Iraq in order to minimise casualties?

Cool.  I nominate Geraldo.

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