Originally Posted by
UAL T38 Phlyer
Each service is always in an unstated, covert war with the other branches to curry political favor on Capital Hill and thereby get the biggest share of each Fiscal Year's Defense Budget. Examples from history: The Air Force wanted only the Air Force to have nuclear weapons when the service was created; but the Navy wanted in, too.
The navy operates the only cost-effective and reliable strategic deterrence system...and we don't lose the things either.
Originally Posted by
UAL T38 Phlyer
New technologies mean more money. The Air Force actually lobbied that aircraft carriers should be operated by the Air Force.
That would have been...entertaining. While it lasted.
Originally Posted by
UAL T38 Phlyer
More recently, the Air Force largely won control of the "Cyberspace" realm because "cyberspace" sounded something like "space," which the Air Force largely controls.
Great, let 'em have it. Somebody has to do it.