Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-70.83.39.226-20160202181251/@comment-24356282-20160206221820

70.83.39.226 wrote: sports rivalries? I think it goes worse than that, since Operation Crossroads had the potential to make the Navy completely obsolete and ignite public call to disband the Navy. In fact, the Army seems to want that happen (suggest to load the ships with full ammo and fuel + put more ships closely than normally allowed). Army wants to sink as many ships as possible, while Navy tried to save as many ships as possible. They were going at each other's throat. Why is it happening? You are way into to this, it's very logical to test on obsolete stuff or even on modern stuff. To maintain such old ships would be redundant and expensive, scrapping might be worth it but collecting data is far more valuable, especially how things is affected by example like nuke. I could possible see one scenario where navy and army would argue how many ships that would be there for testing, but honestly, navy had tons of old and obsolete ships so that was hardly a problem. In the end, navy scrapped A LOT of ships after WW2. There is rivalry, yes, there is loyalty for the branch they are serving, the top of the army and navy are all fighting about money but in the end, if navy scraps the ships, they automatically get a lot of money from the government for producing new ships and that would mean less money for the army. Army will always be in a bit lose lose situation. There is no doubt that navy will always be the most important branch for US armed force. After all, navy are the guardian of US gate.