Re-allocation of ground warfare spend to air assets.
I saw an argument recently that the USAF should cease to exist (too expensive, merely now a support function for army and navy).
Load of bollocks in my view.
But what I've wondered recently though is, what in this day and age is the need for a large standing army?
Has not ground warfare now really been `special forces-ised' ?
Under what circumstances in future are we realistically going to deploy masses of ordinary soldiers?
If V. Putin invaded the rest of the Ukraine for example and an armed response was determined the only option, would the response not be one from the air, followed by small mobile expeditionary units securing key objectives?
Are we ever going to roll out the landing craft and invade China?!
Do we really need an Army in the conventional sense now?
Could the coin saved be better re-deployed to things that fly?
I stand to be taken to task by those of you who know better...