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2007-11-10 Europe

First Lakotas delivered, US Army discovers they overheat

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Posted by lotp 2007-11-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Buy the new MD chopper instead.

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-10 00:21|| 2007-11-10 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 The Army is spending $2.6 billion on hundreds of European-designed helicopters...

Maybe that's the problem...

Posted by Raj 2007-11-10 07:33|| 2007-11-10 07:33|| Front Page Top

#3 That's the first thing I thought too Raj. Why aren't we building our own? We make some of the best helicopters in the world, so why the fuck are we buying them? Just pay Bell to retrofit some of theirs for military use! It ain't that fucking hard! Who is the moron in charge of this chicken shit plan?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-11-10 07:54|| 2007-11-10 07:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Lots on the procurement here

Posted by lotp 2007-11-10 08:45|| 2007-11-10 08:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I followed the procurement link, lotp. Thanks. Trent Lott's 'aroma' hangs like a pall over the deal. This guy has got to go.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2007-11-10 09:20|| 2007-11-10 09:20|| Front Page Top

#6 If Duncan Hunter said to scrap the deal, scrap it.

Posted by wxjames 2007-11-10 11:51|| 2007-11-10 11:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Matter of fact, Hunter could score many big political points by tossing this out into the next debate and kicking it around the room. The others would 'pile on' and the substandard helocopter deal would hit the skids, and Hunter would gain favor among voters.

Posted by wxjames 2007-11-10 11:56|| 2007-11-10 11:56|| Front Page Top

#8 The Army plans to use the Lakota for such things as search-and-rescue missions in disaster areas, evacuation of injured people, reconnaissance, disaster relief and VIP tours for members of Congress and Army brass.

Oh, then they'll definitely get that air conditioning...

Posted by tu3031 2007-11-10 12:02|| 2007-11-10 12:02|| Front Page Top

#9 They aren't safe to fly on hot days, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press.

Probably tested them in Finland or Norway. But, but, wait a minute, what about global warming. I thought Finland and Norway were now sub-tropical and the polar bears are wearing Tommy Bahama.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-11-10 13:05|| 2007-11-10 13:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh, then they'll definitely get that air conditioning...

I thought these days that air conditioning would be _designed into_ most military vehicles from the start. Especially if you're fighting wars in the parts of the Mideast where it's 120 degrees in the shade, and higher in a vehicle with its own greenhouse effect.

Not to mention NBC protection compliance.

(But we don't talk about that stuff any more, at least not since the CIA said that Bush made them make up all that stuff about Saddam's WMD, so apparently chemical weapons don't _really_ exist any more anywhere).

(Does that need some sort of sarcasm tag? maybe so.)

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2007-11-10 14:17|| 2007-11-10 14:17|| Front Page Top

#11 I thought these days that air conditioning would be _designed into_ most military vehicles from the start.

Not EUro. They aren't designed to work out of the ETO.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-11-10 14:30|| 2007-11-10 14:30|| Front Page Top

#12 Does that need some sort of sarcasm tag?

Sarcasm tags are implicit here at the 'burg. Putting ScrappleFace somewhere in the header is still a good idea though, given the way the world is going nowadays.

Posted by SteveS 2007-11-10 18:49|| 2007-11-10 18:49|| Front Page Top

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