JMA, have your ever heard of the readiness of the East German NVA during the 80'S?


They had separate training and war equipment, the latter almost always at 100% readiness.

Their fighter squadrons prided themselves in full squadron alert launches (without early warning) within 8 minutes - with taxiing in excess of 60 kph.

Their army forces evacuated entire barracks within ten minutes of an unexpected training alert.

The extreme contrast in readiness was one of the big shocks of the reunification in 1990.


It IS possible to have an amazing peacetime military readiness, at least in regard to some easily measurable kinds of readiness.