Originally Posted by
The Sultan
If the Army specs a high rate roll reversal at high speed (low rotor rpm) to simulate SAM avoidance the ABC concept is finished. The S-97 crash at full rpm showed how even moderate roll rates will cause the rotors to collide.
My instructors at Fallon and Nellis, regarding SAM evasion by helicopters, would be laughing pretty hard at your understanding of how
slow aircraft deal in modern SAM avoidance.
high rate roll reversal at high speed (low rotor rpm) to simulate SAM avoidance
And that was with tech that is about 30 years old.
Missile seeker heads have not gotten worse in the interim.