Posted on 06/22/2014 9:25:57 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
With no regard to one side or the other of the conflict, I have to say the Hind is a worthy kite, and in the right hands arms an admirable foe.
I wonder if Obama is arming both sides?
No telling.
I have no doubt he is sewing our demise and duplicity all around.
My only interest in this thread is the wonderful aerospace engineering of the soviets when it comes to helicopters.
We Build good stuff too bet lets face it, it was Russian engineers that really perfected it in the first place.
The Hind is a stealthy BEAST
Doubtless the rotary wing aircraft are being shot down by the SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles sequestered from Ghadaffi’s arsenals and shipped to Syrian jihadists by Chris Stevens of Benghazi fame.
“armored tanks,”? We always called them flying tanks.
Ghaddafi turned over all his **** to us when we went into Iraq.
He said “I dont want no trouble”
Anyhow my only interest in this thread is the Hind Helicopter with I think is a stealthy warhorse.
but the export versions are probably not as capable
They are way quieter than or BlackHawks.
Ask me how I know.... I had one rise up on me over a mountaintop and never heard it chopping in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUwGj6MseNU
No Doubt.
Thats the arms trade for ya.
If you got decent pilots, decent supply lines and a good air crew, these things are meaner than cat shit.
Of course!
Paul: US has been arming ISIS in Syria
http://thehill.com/policy/international/210168-us-has-been-arming-isis-in-syria-sen-paul-claims
Well ya gotta give Ivan his due respect.
LOL
I chased Ivan all around this word, and own half his shit now, but I never underestimated him.
Interesting aside.
I was watching some show about the space race on France Channel 5.
They were showing the whole sputnik thing in a way you would never see on American TV, And truth is we all know USSR beat us to the punch.
Did we dominate them later?
Sure...
But you have ta admire Ivan.
Never underestimate him.
I should say the same of our Arab and Chinese adversaries.
Though they are not innovators.
One of the old jokes on the subs was we were chasing “Ivan Attitude”
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