The South loves a good military thing. Google map Army bases and see how many are located outside of the South? Ft Lewis, Ft Drum, Ft Irwin, Ft Carson....anything else?
'nough said!
boo
Ignoring AFB's, sure. IIRC, most of our strategic airforce, and most of our nuclear missile silos are based outside of the South (not including states that are only Geographically south, such as Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, etc).
Nobody would trust a bunch of rednecks with
real power
.