U.S. Helicopters, Insurgents' IR Missiles Face Off
Killing the radar-evading RAH-66 Comanche helicopter, in defiance of the judgment of two decades of senior U.S. Army officials, was "one of the easiest decisions I've had to make," says Schoomaker. A major consideration was its vulnerability to shoulder-fired infrared missiles that have ravaged U.S...
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