Just like a bullet-resistant plate can’t take an unlimited number of bullets, armor on aircraft can only take so many hits. The rotor may be able to absorb some damage, but multiple hits increase the changes of a problem.

Ya it’s armored, but not like a ‘tank’-otherwise it couldn’t get off the ground. Soviets lost 74 of em in Afghanistan albeit 20 or so were man-pad hits. Aircraft by their nature have plenty of softspots in the air frame that if hit with enough lead can easily bring them down. That includes the Hind and A-10s.

The Syrian rebels being attacked should draw a page from the Viet Cong and the NVA and start acquiring more 12.5, 14.7 and 23mm optically aimed AAA. Flares, jamming pods etc mean shit to these simple guns. I agree with Tyler that one will eventually be shot down, especially if they acquire some of these guns and learn…

It’s possible not to like Israel and its policies and NOT be antisemitic. Just so damn possible, it’s effortless really. Throwing that charge at any hint of negative Israeli opinions is lazy and shitty.

Lebanon, Syria, Egypt. West Bank, Gaza and Jordan.

Is Azerbaijan “really” Europe? Its fine to expand into other continents, countries, etc from F1’s traditional home area, Singapore especially is a great race, but Lets not pretend that this nation is in Europe proper to use the “Bernie wants more in Europe” logic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaija…

Comon everyone I know who has been to Iran says its great. Good food, beautiful scenery, super friendly people. Don’t judge a country based on it’s leadership

You mean South Azerbaijan?

Let’s understand why Russia was supplying the rebels.

Hey, you know what? In 1983 Russia intentionally shot down a Korean Air 747 traveling from New York to Seoul because it had briefly violated Soviet airspace. All 269 on board (with 62 Americans, including US Congressman Larry McDonald) were killed.

I guess I don’t understand what our endgame in Syria is. Let’s say Assad gets assassinated tomorrow and his decapitated regime crumbles overnight.

Putin is helping a dictator that at least keeps the place together - kind of like what Saddam did in Iraq and what Qadaffi did in Libya. Obama is helping the people that took over after Saddam and after Qadaffi. We can see how well that went - I mean Libya is a shinning example of what happens when you let “moderate…

Russia was invited by the recognized government of Syria. Russia has a naval base in Syria as well. Obama defied the will of the american people and got involved in another foreign conflict. It is this involvement that prevented the government of Syria putting an end to the fighting.

Can confirm, the majority of the “moderate” anti Assad folks hate us just as much as everyone else in that region does. In many cases they hate us more than they hate Daesh, but put on a big ol’ smile for the congressman who is bankrolling and arming them. They’ll tell us whatever we want to hear if they think it’ll…

So... We’re giving guns to the people that are fighting against the people that are fighting against ISIS, essentially contributing to the mess that is Syria, because we feel that Syria now, would be better than a Syria whose leader has close ties to Russia and Iran? Are they not aware that the probably of the…

providing top cover is standard practice, F-15C have flying above Iraq (and now eastern Syria) since the USAF began action against ISIS, the EW equipment is also purely defensive, and given the tensions in the area it is understandable to protect the airbase, and this does it in a way that is non threatening to isreal…

Yeah, probably shouldn’t rely on Fox News for your info about the UK. 4.4% Muslims is not “overrun” (and is actually a third less than Russia at 6.5%...), but I don’t blame you for thinking this, as many British people also believe this as the British press are some of the worst perpetrators of this nonsense.

A couple shops that build cars for a living have said that it’s cheap. I think that speaks volumes.

What exactly have we lost here? We’re saving money and American lives. Sounds good to me.