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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
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
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I was hoping that the American's would keep some of thier AC-130's in Afghanistan on loan, but from what I understand they're all in Iraq. We also don't have the command and control structure in place to work with something like the AC-130.
The UAV's that Canada purchased are nearly invisible and silent unlike a plane or helicopter, so you can loiter one over your troops and see everything thats not yours.
I think a lot of our casualties are caused by raw inexperience.