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Return of the OV-10 for USMC?
- Thread starter jai5w4
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Dude, that would be super-sweeet! Can you still play stems with those rims?Lawman said:He wants to add some "Bling" to your flying Drumstick with these.
But if you really want to be a baller, you gots to get yourself some of these.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/25/forget-the-spinners-pimp-rims-go-hi-tech/
Brett
Barnard1425 said:1. Don´t know what "OBE" means, but if you think that we´ll be done with IEDs anytime real soon you´ll find plenty of people to disagree with you. I´m not saying that we won´t defeat the insurgency (I´m confident we will), just that we´ll be dealing with IEDs for a long time. All it takes is a few fanatics and a few pounds of explosives...
2. I assume that the OV-10 can loiter for much longer than either a helo or fast mover, though I could be wrong (it happened once before).
I do agree that this seems far-fetched. Aren´t there much more pressing priorities with respect to airframe procurement (JSF, V-22, F-22, AH-1Z, UH-1Y, gold Daytons for Brett´s Prowler, MMA, etc.)?
"OBE"= "Overcome by Events," i.e. by the time it's in service, the threat it was brought out to combat will not be the same.
If we were to go to an off-the-shelf or an out-of-the-boneyard solution, we could put a FAC(A)/surveillance platform out there for a very small amout of money(at least in defense budget terms). I think the return on investment could be pretty big. While Predator is nice, having a manned platform that can do real time observation, surveillance, FAC, etc, could make a difference. Maybe not a decisive one, but an improvement over what we have now.
BOMBSonHAWKEYES said:
They are plenty capable, they just don't have enough of them. While bringing back the OV-10 might not be the worst idea in the world I do not think it is the wisest. It would be a lot cheaper and easier to put some EO/IR sensors on a Cessna or a King Air and use those.
Believe me when I say there are a lot of platforms over there that can do the job of the OV-10 used to do, even better in most cases, they just can't make them fast enough.
There is only so much that we can give and as a result some people are turning over every rock to find more assets. That is why the OV-10 is coming up, they are getting a little desperate. I think there are some serious questions about how the current assets are being utilizied, are they using them effectively/effeciently? I have serious doubts.
gatordev said:
Also Marine-speak.