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Old 13th Oct 2023, 13:11
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Bob Viking
 
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Whilst we obviously don’t discuss tactics and the intimate details of modern weapons systems on this forum, I fear your statement that a helicopter can avoid an attacking FJ with ease may be a tad outdated. Whilst that may once have been true I’m not so sure that is still the case. I feel sure that a helicopter that is engaged outside of their visual scan by a FJ equipped with a weapon of similar abilities to an ASRAAM is probably not going to live to tell the tale.

Also, I’m not sure that FJs against paramotors is a great use of assets. I’m also not sure that Hamas would have quite so much luck as they did during their first attacks. Now their tactic has been revealed I feel sure that anyone suspended beneath a large paraglider that crosses from Palestine into Israel in the present climate will likely be faced by a hail of gunfire from which they will probably not emerge unscathed.

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