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...overall U.S. strategy, reformers say, is that it is based too much on attrition warfare, relying on heavy weaponry and long supply lines to overpower an enemy along fixed fronts. Even the new Rapid Deployment Force has become bogged down with such weapons as the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. John Boyd, a leading tactician in the reformers' camp, argues that battles are usually won by maneuver, speed and surprise. Instead of heavy armor like the M-1 tank, which requires fleets of fuel trucks and frequent maintenance, the Army should rely on light infantry units...
Among the early reformers were two of Spinney's former mentors in the Pentagon bureaucracy, Air Force Colonel (Ret.) John Boyd and Research Scientist Pierre Sprey. It was the lobbying of Boyd and Sprey for simpler, more maneuverable weapons that made possible the development in the early 1970s of the F-16 fighter jet, an effective and affordable complement to the expensive...
Defenders of the new weapons say this is like comparing apples and oranges, since the advanced armaments are either more powerful or versatile than the simpler ones. But reformers like Sprey, Boyd and Rasor argue that in many cases the simpler weapons are actually more effective. The F-16 fighter jet was developed as a leaner sister to the F-15, which is loaded with high-powered radar and weapons guidance systems. Because the F-16 is smaller, less detectable and gives off less exhaust smoke, it is more capable of catching the enemy by surprise. It also...
...Runsell Boyd's cinematography puts more spin on the satire. There are none of the straight on glossy neon shots seen in most pop music films. Boyd photographs from oblique angles, drenches his scenes in sunlight and zooms in for bizarre close ups. The effect on the viewer is the visual equivalent of playing a record at the wrong speed...
Harvard's Doug Boyd qualified for the IC4A's with a high jump of 6-ft., 10 1/4-in. last weekend in a non-scoring meet against Dartmouth. Dwayne Jones set Harvard records in the 440-yd. and 500-m. races...