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1 posted on 07/08/2006 11:02:20 AM PDT by llevrok
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To: llevrok
I guess they didn't want the brand new V-22 ...

Of course, I wouldn't either.

2 posted on 07/08/2006 12:40:19 PM PDT by balrog666 (Ignorance is never better than knowledge. - Enrico Fermi)
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The UH1 is still the best. It is simple and robust. I do not see the like of NH90s rolling into the alleys of Iraq the way the Blackhawk would either. This copter is hightech and fast and nice looking, but it's big and does not look made to withstand the "drill" at twice the price of a Blackhawk, imo.

We shall be reminded that the Comanche was canceled because it were made for stealth radar attacks and were too unarmored, delicate and expensive to field in assymetric combat against terrorists. Although I believe we still need it for first stealth strike operations on border radar stations like in NK or China.


5 posted on 07/08/2006 1:40:34 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Condemn me, make me naked and kill me, or be silent for ever on my gun ownership and law enforcement)
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