LegionnairE
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you think Apache emit less heat then T129? or AC130 for that matter? AC130 has four engines, it can afford losing one. You would NOT want to see AH64 getting hit by anything bigger than a stinger.It's a prop. When it gets into trouble vs an anti air battery it cannot run, the missiles will lock onto engines and i'd like to see it survive then. Similarly against a fighter, or even a bomb truck it would be helpless.
MQ-1 price is ~ 4 million $ a piece. You were advocating economics two posts earlier? What happened to it?
And losing a Predator is much, much, much more preferable to losing an Apache. From all aspects.
It doesn't ensure anything, only a few parts of AH64 has somewhat resistance to 23mm. It gives more protection but there's no guarantee if the shower of bullets won't kill pilots or critically damage the helicopter. Against AA no helicopter is secure, their best bet is to detect the threat in time and destroy it with the weapons available.n comes the Apache, the added protection ensures it escapes the kill zone and goes out of range to use Hellfire's or 70mm guided rockets like Cirit and the ones i quoted earlier
OHohohoh you think AH64's ammo box is inside the fuselage? About avionics I've already spoken.Yes, with that i meant less potential for C4I abilities like networking, UAV control, LINK 16.....the T-129 is already cramped inside as it is, you can check this yourself by looking at the ammo feed "channel" on the outside of the cockpit. The reason it is outside is that it has no more room inside.