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Problem No. 3 is that the three services, moving into this uneasy grey area, are also moving on to new bickering about the future of missions and budgets and careers. When the Navy starts serious groundwork and lobbywork on its projected 15 atomic carriers, the interservice roof may fall in. "There are going to be some investigations on missiles," one Air Force general sadly predicted, "that'll make the B-36 hearings seem like a powder-puff game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Man Behind the Power | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

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