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…against the viet cong, where the biggest risk was the pilot getting pierced from small arms fire (in addition to the helo going down from pilot error). Quite d
by jwilber 6mo ago
…against the viet cong, where the biggest risk was the pilot getting pierced from small arms fire (in addition to the helo going down from pilot error). Quite different from the anti-air weapons modern day Iran possesses.
- Edman274 6mo agoAre you aware that hundreds of American fixed wing aircraft were lost to surface to air missiles in North Vietnam? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._aircraft_losses_to_missiles_during_the_Vietnam_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._aircraft_losses_t...
- jwilber 6mo agoAh yeah, well I didn’t know it was that high! But I’m responding to the rescue mission comment, which, since Vietnam, have overwhelmingly employed helicopters (Huey’s then, Black Hawks today). But machinery aside, the larger point is that air operations will likely go worse here than they did in Vietnam, unfortunately for both sides.
- bigyabai 6mo agoOr a MiG-17 that could outrate your F-4/F-105 at every subsonic flight regime.
- greedo 6mo agoYou're conflating the Viet Cong with North Vietnam.