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COVID-19: How Pandemics Disrupt Military Operations
Mar 25, 2020 | 10:00 GMT
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Highlights
- Measures to contain and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic could significantly impact global military readiness for at least the next several months.
- Even though immediate disruptions to military operations will be temporary, the economic stress resulting from the pandemic could yield long-term setbacks in development programs.
- The potential impact from COVID-19 provides a general template of how future pandemics could affect military capabilities and activites, albeit with different timelines and severity of impact depending on the disease.
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