Originally Posted by
tdracer
But do drones count?
I don't see why not. Drones more closely resemble helicopters than fixed wing craft. And the Army already has those.
In my opinion, a lot of mistakes have been made by inter-service rivalries. At times, re-enforced by legislation. Bomarc CIM-10 was one example. Engineered to fit through loopholes so as to give the Air Force a SAM capability (at the time, the bailiwick of the Army). It turned out to be a marginal design. Really useful only to waylay the Arrow CF-105 program.