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2020-05-12 Science & Technology

US Special Operations arms surveillance aircraft for precision attack

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-12 06:36|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 MAG CEO Joe Flue; Board Members Gen Richard A Cody "Dick", Gen Peter J Schoomaker, Philip O Nolan "Phil".

Posted by b 2020-05-12 08:55|| 2020-05-12 08:55|| Front Page Top

#2 L3 build the armed surveillance aircraft 10 years ago. Slow close in support is a weakness in the Army, and in SOCOM.

Posted by 49 Pan 2020-05-12 10:58|| 2020-05-12 10:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Somalia, Libya, and Nigeria. Are whack-a-mole missions here of strategic value beyond live fire training missions? We are broke and facing a collapsing relationship with China. The threat of conflict in the western pacific seems to make more investment In naval capabilities prudent?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-05-12 11:15|| 2020-05-12 11:15|| Front Page Top

#4 China is the threat. Focus on CHINA.

Posted by Lex 2020-05-12 11:28|| 2020-05-12 11:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Yah, but part of the reason China's a threat is because we keep sending an expensive attack helicopter to do the job of an OV-1 or an OV-10.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-05-12 13:36|| 2020-05-12 13:36|| Front Page Top

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