These aren't lightly armed and armored mini-copters and transporters the Iraqis are shooting down [View All]

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Apache attack helicopters are flying tanks.

http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/02/04/d70204013115.htm

>>>One helicopter was struck by heavy machine gunfire but continued flying, the witnesses said. The other helicopter banked sharply and flew back toward the source of fire, apparently to attack the target.

But that helicopter was also struck by ground fire, exploded in a ball of fire and crashed, the witnesses said. The other helicopter flew away, they said. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing for their own safety.

The United States has lost more than 50 helicopters in Iraq since May 2003, about half of them to hostile fire.

However, the loss of four helicopters since Jan. 20 has raised new questions about whether Iraqi insurgents are using more sophisticated weapons or whether U.S. tactics need changing.<<<


They are like the Hind helicopters the Afghan Mujahedeen were shooting down with Stinger shoulder fired missiles supplied by us. The Stingers are what made the USSR abandon Afghanistan.

I wonder if our government would tell us if they suspected Russia was suppling the Iraqis with SAMs? There isn't much we could do about it if they were.

I just have a feeling that Putin has not forgotten what happened in Afghanistan.

Don