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Is there any point to helicopters anymore with the increasing capabilities of drones? See Turkish drone use in UA/RU war. For a single helicopter, you could bl

Is there any point to helicopters anymore with the increasing capabilities of drones? See Turkish drone use in UA/RU war. For a single helicopter, you could blanket the skies with drones. Now they aren't dirt cheap, $5 million, but that's a hellva lot cheaper than a single heli.

hef19898 4y ago
Try fitting a squad, let alone a platoon, into one of those drones...
- ok_dad 4y ago
  Try fitting an squad into an attack helicopter, though.
  - b3orn 4y ago
    The Mil Mi-24 would like to have a word with you.
    - ok_dad 4y ago
      Is a squad 8 people? I guess that’s close. I was thinking more about light attack helicopters like the article one though. A mi24 is a freak of nature right?
    - patentatt 4y ago
      Cool helicopter! It brought me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole and it looks like there's an even bigger one: the Mi-26. "In early 2002, a civilian Mi-26 was leased to recover two U.S. Army MH-47E Chinook helicopters from a mountain in Afghanistan." [1] And here I thought the chinook was big, this thing is the tow truck you call when you get your chinook stuck in the mud. [1] wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26
sandworm101 4y ago
No drone yet has the situational awareness and reaction time to match a pair of humans in a helicopter. The ability to react quickly to an evolving situation hasnt yet been replicated.