[Milsurplus] Pentagon Limits Gear in Surplus Auctions

[Hue Miller]

They (Iran) may have many smart people, but they do have limited 
manufacturing capability.
If this makes it even slightly more difficult for them to obtain, for example,
aircraft-grade fasteners, that is a slight advantage, yes? And if they have
to produce the parts on their own, or pay more on the international
market for aftermarket parts, that diverts money and resources from other
efforts of theirs: this is an "opportunity cost."
A basic rule of warfare, even cold warfare, is you deny your enemy any
advantage, yes?
-Hue Miller / Newport, Oregon