While he admits that a gap exists, he believes countries have recognized the problem and are working toward solutions. You cannot expect that everyone will develop the same thing. But if you find some gadgets with which you can connect them, so that you can speak from one system to the other, then that's adequate, and this is possible right now. One example of a commercial product success took place during the Kosovo operation. By employing an automatic data system, the number of personnel required to run communications systems was reduced from 1,500 to approximately 100.
Many experts believe the United States leads in the development of advanced systems.
Some have proposed that other nations should follow the United States in this regard. Gen. Reinhardt disagrees with this view or with operating at the lowest common denominator. I think that's dreaming about a world that is not there because all nations try to develop their own systems and their industry and their money. Wherever money is concerned and involved, nations are much closer to themselves than to anybody else. That applies throughout NATO, I think.