The choppers seem to be victims of RPG attacks rather than MANPADs, to this end the Iraqis must have one hell of an aim or the pilots are getting too complacant.

As far as attrition, its low when compared to the number of operations being undertaken on a weekly basis.

The Black Hawk was built to survive small arms fire so I guess the Iraqis have some heavy cali’ weapons around places like Tikrit, perhaps mounted on pick up trucks.

Okay, mainly ‘cos I’m bone idle I have not bother to read this entire thread so Anna and Flood are u serious about being “ball and chained” 😉 or are u just “yanking my crank”?
If it’s 4 real then allow me to wish u all the best and hope u have all ur dreams come true, I’ll send u a gift in the post (my Severn Trent water bill :p ).
If not, why not? U sound made for each other, no seriously u really do! 🙂

Can I come to the wedding and play “Here comes the bride”, ah c’mon you know u wanna!!! 😎

Seriously, I worry about you lot some times 😀

A recording of a whale song lasting three hours sung by an Orca (Killer Whale) in 1985 and analysed at Caltec was found to contain 3 million seperate pieces of information (how did they know what the whale was saying?)

T-Rex, the terror of the dino age is now believed to have been a scavenger and not a predator

The Great White Shark has been found (found as in it tried to eat someone) in Antartic waters dispite common belief that it would die in cold water

Squid attacks are believed to account for more diver disapperances than shark attacks per year

In 1965 Aussie fishermen reported a sighting of a large shark believed to have been Megalodon measuring roughly 300ft in length and 60ft in width off the Northern Territories

How does the IRST on the Fulcrum and Flanker work? Is it directed via radar or does it automatically pick up heat signatures? I know the idea behind the IRST was incase of radar jamming (correct?) but is IRST more effective in terms of combat than radar (ie. can the IRST be jammed more easily than radar)? :confused:

Ohhhh noooo, ha ha ha 😉

Hey, we Bulgarians can kick a** when we want too!
My choice would be a dozen Raptors for A/C
Six An-32s for tactical transport
Two or three IL-76s for long haul
Two A-50 Midas fitted with Shmel for AWACS
Ten UH-60 for transport
Twenty or so Ka-52 for attack