Sweet...how will an unstupid heliborne force maintain the same level of contact with the people while avoiding the same threat that MRAP was meant to (key = meant to) mitigate?

Subject to any advice from the aviation fraternity, does a helicopter not become exponentially more vulnerable every time it gets close to the ground and they will have to do that a lot to maintain the same level of environmental engagement...

I think that MRAP v Helo becomes moot when you consider the comments quoted by Ken White on the first page of this thread relating to boots on the ground (rergardless of delivery mechanism being how to win this kind of conflict...

And, with all respect to more learned contributors, but ML has a point...anyone who hasn't spent time on the support side of an aviation TG or TF probably hasn't a good handle on exactly what is involved in keeping large organisations of aircraft operating...