Publié le 27/10/2014

Joseph HENROTIN

Versatility and modularity have been praised as design imperatives for military hardware, in order to reduce costs as well as to facilitate training and maintenance. 

But those concepts need to be further defined, specifically with regard to the domain – land, air or sea – to which they are applied. Although they can be useful, versatility and modularity should not be considered as a panacea by armed forces facing severe budgetary constraints. 

 

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