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Old 25th Jan 2013, 17:17
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Rotary ripe for picking? Perhaps, but, unlike a FJ, a RW is a true dual role asset, capable of significant MACP (or whatever it's called nowadays). When Afg is finished I bet you'll see Chinooks all over floods / civil disasters at home and abroad (carried by C17/A400M) as we try to regain some sense of being a 'force for good'. Typhoon may be multiple role but it ain't much good at building a flood defence, providing disaster relief or evacuating people...

Pully will not have much (if any) wiggle room; if, however unlikely, he decides to favour SH over FJ well, it's about time some would say. Air power is far more than just delivering kinetic effect or ISTAR via fast air - vital in some cases, but not all.
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