sometimes thinking out of the box brings forth Ideas that can produce a totally new concept at a fraction of the costs that the Arms companies would spend on R and D.
Really?
Why do so many people think we're not into this sort of thing as well?
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Some good stuff comes out of this lot.
'Helicopters' isn't the answer to IEDs. You need troops on the ground regardless of how you move them between locations. Helicopters does reduce convoys etc, but you still need boots on the ground.