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U.S.-Flag Carriers Exercise Military Might

By R.G. Edmonson | Jul 13, 2009 4:00AM GMT
The Journal of Commerce Magazine - News Story
Defense shipments to far-flung regions provide comfortable niche for shipping lines

Do tanks fly? Yes, when a supply chain of seven or eight days links Afghanistan with the Port of Karachi, Pakistan, and the military doesn’t want to risk M1 Abrams battle tanks falling into hostile hands. But airlift is costly;


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