Who said interservice rivalry is dead? The U.S. Air Force countered the U.S. Army’s plan to develop and base long-range missiles on islands in the Western Pacific aimed at China, not because the anti-China orientation is insane but because the Air Force sees the Army stomping on its turf. “Why in the world would we entertain a brutally expensive idea when we don’t, as the [Defense] Department, have the money to go do that?” asked Gen. Timothy Ray, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, during the Mitchell Institute’s Aerospace Advantage podcast recorded March 31, reported Defense News. The Mitchell Institute is the Air Force Association’s in-house think tank. “I’ve had a few congressmen ask me. And you know what? Honestly I think it’s stupid,” he said. “I just think it’s a stupid idea to go and invest that kind of money that recreates something that the service has mastered and that we’re doing already right now. Why in the world would you try that? I try to make sure that my language isn’t a little more colorful than it is, but give me a break.”