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[MCU] is SWORD supposed to be the successor to SHIELD or was SWORD also around before the SHIELD collapse?
gpt
SWORD was founded in 1995, so before SHIELD's collapse.  In the comics, they are a subdivision of SHIELD.  In the MCU, they are an entirely separate agency.  There is a lot of overlap in what they cover, so there were probably some fights over jurisdiction before SHIELD collapsed.