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To: Reverend Wright

Attack helicopters deployed sensibly are hard to target from the ground. They use stealth techniques like hiding at low altitude behind a tree line, or smoke, only to pop up, fire off some anti tank rockets, and disappear back into the woods. It seems ukraine did not think through this “counterattack” very thoroughly.


14 posted on 06/22/2023 4:11:12 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
More recent ones don't even have to expose the fuselage to fire on vehicular or low level airborne targets - they just stick their masthead sensor (on top of their rotor) over whatever cover or concealment they're hiding behind, locate the target, pitch backwards and salvo off guided munitions.


23 posted on 06/22/2023 4:40:37 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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