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To: Redmen4ever

But the Navy has thought of that too! They are getting rid of the Greyhound COD cargo machine for V-22s with a smaller cargo bay and shorter range!


24 posted on 01/29/2015 7:41:45 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino

The V-22 … another billion dollar boondoggle. The V-22 came out of the failed hostage rescue mission in Iran, where the range of the naval helicopters necessitated a plan involving an improvised re-supply/staging base within the country, which plan failed for several reasons. As a boutique platform, the V-22 would give the President some options. But, as a do-everything platform, it is enormously expensive and not very good at anything.


34 posted on 01/29/2015 7:58:40 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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