That has given birth to many private and not-so-private flame wars.

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And all of the services are finding themselves in bidding wars with the private sector for certain types of specialists such as cyber-security experts.

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In such circumstances, it was impossible for a large private-sector defense industry to exist, so most military production between wars was conducted in government shipyards and depots.

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