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2015-01-22 Science & Technology

This Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Could Be The Future Of The US Army's Helicopter Fleet

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Posted by Hupineger Glomomp7491 2015-01-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Why don't they check with the Marines, don't they have something similar?

Posted by Bill Clinton 2015-01-22 00:50|| 2015-01-22 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 We simply can't have the services using 'like' aircraft. Each must have it's own unique platforms, with their own unique funding requirements, R&R, contractor, and sustainment tails. How could you possibly 'cook the books' if there were common standards btwn services which could be compared, contrasted, and held to account ?

[sarc deleted after first sentence]

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-22 06:22|| 2015-01-22 06:22|| Front Page Top

#3 1) More scope for graft and pocketfilling
2) More job opportunities after leaving the service.
3) Is the pork barrel unislamic?

Posted by AlanC 2015-01-22 07:25|| 2015-01-22 07:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Is the pork barrel unislamic?

Yes, but a barrel of monkeys is A OK.

Posted by frozen al 2015-01-22 14:06|| 2015-01-22 14:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Why not dream big and make it like a chinook with rotors in front and back. They had something like that in the latest Tom Cruise sci-fi movie and it looked pretty cool.

And if you got it to work I imagine you'd have a lot of lift. And if you didn't get it to work it looks really cool on the powerpoint slides.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-01-22 15:19|| 2015-01-22 15:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Found a picture of sorts.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-01-22 15:21|| 2015-01-22 15:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Joint Multi-Role, why the name itself is worth $20million.

Replaces the ~~Tomcat and Warthog~~ Blackhawk and Apache.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-01-22 15:44|| 2015-01-22 15:44|| Front Page Top

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