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US military helicopters "suffering from stress" in the battlefield
Washington, USA - Wear rate affecting the vehicles redeployed in Iraq and Afghanistan must be kept in check, according to Pentagon
Weapons deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan by the US armed forces is involved by a wear rate two to eight time higher than the normal routine use in peace time and in the homeland, and the military helicopters fly twice than the normal operational activity. These are the conclusions recently expressed by US Defence Department regarding the assessments performed in the battlefield in such operational...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency