Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"the vital point is that these were then and are now, additional strands to the defence spectrum, not developments to replace the obsolescent."
FB - I take your point but surely Tanks replaced Cavalry - who were obsolescent - and Submarines, like aircraft, were a completely new type of warfare which did do things like protect Carriers but that is not and never was their main aim or use.
Yes, my point being that the danger is Wallace & Cummings and co will take the view that Cybre and AI are the 21st Century tank to replace everything as if as obsolete as the Cavalry. But tanks support the old as stone age man infantry!
FB