(February 25, 2014 at 4:55 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: This "pre-world war II" claims are all conservative baiting, anyhow. The military currently spends more than 5x more than China yearly anyhow. This will hardly be a dent in the overall size or power. The unit efficiency pre WWII doesn't even compare to now. We didn't have drones, nukes, or the Air Force pre WWII.
You're technically correct regarding the Air Force, but the Army Air Corps was in place.