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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
We also need more of the UAV's so that we can actually see attacks coming on these projects instead of being surprised by them. I base this on the limited range of an RPG (500 meters), and the ability for the insurgents to get that close.
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Hmmm...if we had ARMED aerial vehicles, be they helicopters or fighters (the CF-18 doesn't count, because it doesn't have the loiter capabilities you'd want), there would be no need to be surprised whatsover, they would be destroyed while they were forming up. A weapons platform like the AC-130 (basically, a Hercules based gunship) is exactly what Canada needs for places like Afghanistan, but I'm pretty sure it's just a tad too "offensive" for political tastes.
-Scott