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Are these the same sources that said a CH-53K would be $18M per unit? The blades alone on the 97 will cost more than the most advanced 58D upgrade proposed. Add to that the maintenance cost for replacing fodded pusher blades every time you take off from an unprepared surface or shoot a Hellfire this does not look viable (if it makes it back). Remember the pusher killed the Starship.
The Sultan