Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
It's not just money, its time and manpower needed to do things like re-supply. How many trucks, men and hours does it take to move 10,000kg of stores (1 x CH-47 Payload) 50km down the road to a base?

You do realize that the Taliban could simply cut your base off the supply by blocking/ambushing the road and thus force you to fight along roads, even move on roads with vehicles again?

You cannot effectively supply a helicopter base with helicopters. The overhead would explode.