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

[Chris Marsh]

> 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.

Not if you stack 'em up one behind the other ;)

Regards

Chris Marsh

"I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World
War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones."    - Albert Einstein