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4 PRODUCT SUPPORT
Pages 25-28

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... Maintenance Attributes At present, maintenance resources are planned, designed, and acquired to fit the as-built weapons systems. Design attributes that make for difficult maintenance situations are compensated for by more sophisticated maintenance resources, including highly skilled maintenance technicians using complex instructions.
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From page 26...
... Difficult repairs, sophisticated maintenance resources, and unnecessary consumption of large assemblies drive support costs to unplanned levels. In addition, high failure rates require large stockpiles of spare parts and repair material at repair sites, whether these are combat units or intermediate-level shops or depots.
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... Unfortunately, although product support is extremely costly and often wasteful, it may not really jeopardize peacetime operations, where cost and safety are the primary considerations. Battle Readiness Postulated battle scenarios include the challenge to fight battles in austere environments at unpredictable geographic locations; these would be nearly impossible to sustain if the support resources had to continue to compensate for prime equipment shortfalls.
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From page 28...
... Also, it will translate accurate and specific design information into automated maintenance aids ranging from built-in test devices (e.g., strain gauges, crack detectors, operability decision circuits) to portable computers containing comprehensive maintenance instructions (to replace clumsy, often incomplete maintenance manuals)
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