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[/QUOTEMHO 50+ M/UH-60M/S would have been a zero risk replacement for the next 20 years. Right out of the box they would have been deployable, and that's what we want.
Sweden ordered NH90's and has now purchased 15 or so MH-60M Blackhawks for combat operations in A/Stan and elsewhere. That's what they really think of the NH90 as a combat platform..
Australia should do the same. Interestingly there is zip coming out of Canberra on the continued MRH90 roll-out past a vague press release on the "delivery" of unit #15 by the OEM...