Trump assembled what he calls a "massive armada" near Iran this week.
Carrier strike group. Strategic bombers. Multi-day air exercises testing rapid dispersal.
The message isn't subtle. But the operational reality is what matters.
Force projection without deployment speed is theater. The U.S. doesn't position assets for display.
They position for execution.
Military operations require three components before strike capability exists: assets in range, operational tempo validated, command authority clear.
All three now exist in the Middle East theater.
This is the operational gap most companies miss when building capacity.
They confuse having resources with being deployment-ready.
A sales team isn't capacity until they've validated operational tempo under real conditions.
A new system isn't infrastructure until it's been tested under pressure.
Resources positioned but untested are expensive liabilities pretending to be assets.
The military tests before crisis. Exercises validate what theory promises.
Most companies discover their deployment gaps during the moment they need capacity most.
Where are your untested assets?
What capacity exists in theory but hasn't been validated under operational pressure?
The gap between positioned and deployment-ready is where strategy fails.
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