It seems to me that you have a point.....up to a point. But given the advances in modern communications and weaponry is not the likelyhood of a successful helicopter assault reduced by just as much?Originally Posted by Uboat509
What's more dangerous: SAMs being fired at fixed wing while dropping or RPGs being fired at rotor wing while off-loading?
"Pick up a rifle and you change instantly from a subject to a citizen." - Jeff Cooper
Is there a case for Tilt-Rotor
I'm not a fan of CV-22.
Why is laid out quite well here.
The carrier based SV-22 sub-hunter-killer may have had merit, but I just cannot make sense of the machine as it exists today.
Infinity Journal "I don't care if this works in practice. I want to see it work in theory!"
- The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya.
- If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya.
Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition
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