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Mi-35 Hind gunships not flying low, and MiG-23s flying too slow.
And America wants their drone back. Note how Reuters keeps saying "Russia" when it fact it is Russian equipment in support of Haftar's group and mostly likely purchased by the UAE in violation of the arms embargo. Maybe a Pantsir S-1? reuters.com/article/us-usa…
The GNA needs to learn how to shoot down helos with simple RPGs. An old muj trick.
The Afghans used to shoot sideways and up, the Somalis were taught to shoot up and the Chechens used to shoot down on the blades after drawing the Russians into a fake attack in the valley. With an RPG at 900 feet per second, it takes a bit of practice but it works.
I flew fast and low with former 160th guys in the Blackwater Little Birds in Baghdad. You could see the shocked look on women's faces when they were hanging laundry on the roof still sticks in my head. The insurgents still got them. iraqslogger.powweb.com/index.php/post…
That style of flying made it into my graphic novel "Roll Hard" amazon.com/Roll-Stories-l…
Oddly enough, the same helos were supposed to be deployed in Tripoli by Erik Prince to support Haftar. Maybe even why the original Wagner crew tried to advance with out air cover and got slaughtered Go check out al Khadim. There are some interesting things there.
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