jhungary
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I should say that as a Navy man myself, numbers alone don't mean jack squat, as my American boys would say in the usn. LOL.
Having the numbers in paper doesn't mean victory in operation. Because quite frankly the USN is battle tested, time tested, and have the legacy in breaking great naval powers. In fact the USN (as well as the IJN) practically wrote the book on carrier warfare (which was studied by modern navies to this day). Comparing PLAN with the USN is just ridiculous, if you ask me, since the latter is just a legacy unto its own. The level of professionalism, power, and shear expectation in USN is unrivaled. I'm very protective and very biased for JMSDF as an officer. However, I have worked with USN counterparts on various levels and on varies capacities that i can say without a doubt of their (USN personnel) level of professionalism, and expectations that they place on themselves.
The PLAN is largely untested. Period.
in the Army, number is important for planning stage of any combat operation...
Because the different between Business Management and Military Operational Management is the operational objective. While it was largely ignored in business management. It was quite important for any ground commander to plan ground operation.
To put it simply, sometime winning a battle and achieve tactical victory could be a pyrrhic victory, you need the number to fill the operational objective. I mean if you took the hill but only 5 of your men remain, you won that battle but may as well lost that war. I mean unless you can figure out how to fight future battle with 5 men....At least until you have your reinforcement...