For example, after Michael Swaine, a military affairs specialist at the RAND Corporation, published a study a few years ago which suggested that Taiwan's military has many problems in combat organization and weapons procurement, the US government took the findings seriously enough to send a team to Taiwan.
如「蘭德公司」軍事專家史文年前的一篇報告指出，台灣軍隊在戰力整合與武器採購上存在許多問題，隨即引起美國政府高度重視，並派員來台考察。