U.S. Army To Expand Black Hawk Fleet - AVweb

You read my mind, Dale. Shoulder launched missiles have had a devastating effect on the Russian helicopter fleet in Ukraine. Fighter jets have had enough problems, but the rotary fleet, including attack helicopters, has taken a real beating. And, since many of those SLMs are American made, the US Army should be painfully aware of what impact they could have on American helicopters and tanks. Even the Navy should be concerned about surface ships in light of what the Harpoon missiles have done. Of equal concern is that these weapons have had great success in the hands of relatively inexperienced soldiers and drone flyers. Imagine what would be possible if a force of well trained soldiers was using them. This has forced the Russians into using longer range stand-off missile systems to terrorize civilian targets, similar to what the Germans did to Britain in WWII with their V1 and V2 rockets. Military planners should be very interested in what all this will do to our own military forces for future conflicts.