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Lmao the himars missed with 6 missiles at a corvette ship size target only 12 miles away???
I mean sure, it seems like the missile used has no guidance, but if so, it shouldn't have been used in the first place.
Which general or whoever behind the exercise ordered to use himars lol.
We are talking about useful use case against China though. If not anti-ship, what else?
Taking Beijing for sure, Ukrainian have taken Moscow with the use of HIMARS a long time ago, all the rest is fake news.
Joke appart, a couple of these systems in the center of Taiwan and they can hit any target on the island.
AFAIK most LCS doesn't have NSM or Hellfire integrated. They also don't have a working MCM or ASW module. And of course no area air defense to speak of. So the ship is a 600 million helicopter platform with a 57 mm gun and a lot of reliability issues. I am usually against this kind of simplification but this ship warrants it. Who in their right mind would buy such a platform? Literally less firepower and utility than offshore patrol vessel.
US military helicopters crash in Alaska
The incident marks the second serious mishap this year involving Apache gunships in the northern US state
FILE PHOTO: An AH-64 Apache flies over the Yukon Training Area, adjacent to Fort Wainwright, Alaska ©
Two US Army AH-64 Apache helicopters have crashed in Alaska following a training mission, Pentagon officials say, adding that the aircraft carried two soldiers each. An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the incident.
The helicopters crashed near the town of Healy in central Alaska on Thursday, about 80 miles southwest of their base at Fort Wainwright, according to the US Army’s 11th Airborne Division.
“First responders are on the scene. The incident is under investigation and more information about the incident will be released when it becomes available,” the division said in a .
Military spokesman John Pennell later added that a total of four people were aboard the aircraft, though he offered no details about their status or whether there were injuries. The AH-64 gunship typically carries a crew of two – a pilot and a gunner.
The incident is not the first involving an Apache this year, with injuring two soldiers from the Army’s 25th Attack Battalion in February, also in Alaska. The accident occurred as the aircraft was taking off and resulted in damage to the helicopter, with the military saying it had not determined whether it could be salvaged at the time.
A more serious wreck near Fort Campbell in Kentucky also left last month, after two HH-60 Black Hawks collided in midair during what officials called a “routine training mission.” All of the troops were assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, and were said to have crashed while using night-vision and flying in a two-helicopter formation. The cause of the accident is still under investigation, with from the aircraft and sent for further analysis by military specialists earlier this month.