In addition, it cast doubt on a business strategy that seems to beatvariance with the experience of every established launch provider in the aerospace sector including the Chinese, who were thought to be the lowest-cost source of launch services in the global market.
In short, it would be inconsistent with the spirit if not the letter of the law, atvariance with departmental regulations and fiscally irresponsible were the military and its civilian leadership to miss an opportunity to utilize such a joint approach in order to procure common aircraft (or those derived from a common airframe) to perform multiple-service missions.
Forbes gave me a great opportunity to reach a large audience, despite my take on the world often being atvariance from what you would expect from a Forbes publication, and for that I will be forever grateful.