Re: Strategy to combat terrorism
Yes, I remember these Ruskie "beasts" in Afghanistan - they fell like flies at the hands of the local rag-tag Afghani militias. What was it.. 300? 350? ..the number of hinds that got shot down.
Gunships shouldn't be used in this scenario. They are easy targets for manpads, SA missiles, stingers, etc. And there is no shortage of these weapons in that area.
Which is why mujahideen called it "hell in the air" right? :D
300-350 is nothing [that includes all types of choppers] if you compare it to vietnam where thousands of US choppers and jets being brought down over the course of the war. It was after the stingers that russian air supremacy really got challenged in afghanistan.
PS Did you know that it was the hinds that attacked the mujahideen / "terrorists" back in the eighties in those camps inside Pakistan??? I never knew until I read about it and they even showed it on history channel where they CIA guy joked that so many mules got "martyred" and CIA had the biggest toyota dealership in asia lol..