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> I certainly wouldn't base any opinion on the effectiveness of helicopters in general on Russian performance in the current war. Sure but (and I could be wron
by _kbh_ 4y ago
> I certainly wouldn't base any opinion on the effectiveness of helicopters in general on Russian performance in the current war.
Sure but (and I could be wrong here) isn't this the first time that modern Russia helicopters has gone up against modern MANPADS in a near peer type of conflict?.
Id say it shows at least the effectiveness of different MANPADS against specific countermeasures no?.
- Sakos 4y agoIf the conclusions you want to draw are about Russia, fine. But it's simply not comparable to how Western armies function. I don't see how you're going to remove all the noise from the data like lack of maintenance, bad training, lack of readiness, outdated hardware, bad doctrine execution, bad leadership, etc.
- rjsw 4y agoI think there will be statistics for the performance of Russian helicopters against western MANPADS from Afghanistan during the 80s. I'm not expecting that the MANPADS will have got worse since then.