Originally Posted by
Thrust Augmentation
* It's being amassed for a larger action
This would be my best guess. Last few months seem to be about encouraging the bad guys to wear themselves down, and (presumably) preparing for whatever they're preparing themselves for.
Nutty - please keep going. Like others, I'm an avid reader, but try to avoid the near-universal Internet practice of chipping in even when I have nothing useful to add.