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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (333000)3/27/2007 9:50:17 AM
From: MythMan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
nice grub

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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (333000)3/29/2007 1:04:10 AM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 436258
 
Zeus may be right: 130 helicopters in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about a third to shoot-downs.

it takes 24 months to get replacement aircraft built and delivered and that replacements for the early losses are just now arriving.

"The U.S. is not at war, the military is at war," he told a group of Defense Department reporters, also complaining about the timing of how money flows from the government to pay for the purchases. "Industry, you have got to get to the point of where you're producing ... faster."

paktribune.com

ELMAT's Recommendation: Shift production of choppers to China. They will produce faster and cheaper.