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Old 22nd Mar 2024, 16:15
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Originally Posted by dead_pan
Indeed however the view expressed about the survivability of helos is relevant. Even heavy attack rotorcraft are vulnerable nowadays. Russia and Ukraine have both lost many over the past 13 months
Everything is vulnerable nowadays - tanks, ships, drones, aircraft, helicopters, even (especially!) soldiers. They're not all suddenly obsolete overnight though, and militaries (ours included) continue to invest heavily in attack helicopters which have a very different mission set to the scout role intended for FARA.
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