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Originally posted by pritchke:
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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Add to this the fact that Blackhawks don't seem to stay in the air very well (that DAMNED Bell helicopter monopoly - again going back to the Vietnam war), and you have a recipe for disaster.
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We will trade our 40 year old Sea Kings that require 30 hrs of maintanence for every flight hour for Blackhawks. [img]graemlins/uhoh2.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]And they still crash 50% of the time. And people wonder why Canada doesn't want to get involved.
As much as I hate to say this, and may receive a beat down for it, war is war. Friendly fire is just another possibility in war. The majority of the troops are US, so it stands to reason that the majority of the accidents will be US related.
I think (correct me if I'm wrong) the majority of US weapons technology is largely untested in the field of battle and certain bugs and problems are going to arise when you actually start using the equipment.