To: Tennessee_Bob
I'm sick-n-tired of these Fn flimsy helicopters. They've had over 40 years to get one that has a moderate defense against ground fire. The Russians solved this problem 20 years ago. Yet today the blackhawk is little more than a flying Hummvee. Paper-thin aluminum and plexiglass over an aluminum frame.
Heck, why don't we just lease some Hinds from the Russians for goodness sakes?
112 posted on
02/24/2003 9:17:19 PM PST by
Justa
To: Justa
Yeah - the Hind was a tough helicopter. Ask the mujihadeen who killed them on a regular basis. But then, when you paint a big red star over the engine oil tank, that kind of stuff happens.
115 posted on
02/24/2003 9:22:01 PM PST by
Tennessee_Bob
(a new Royal Family, a wild nobility, we are the family)
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