The dogs of war
They jump out of planes and have titanium teeth that cost $2K per tooth. Ok, then.
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May 6th, 2011 at 9:04 am
Wow, even their dogs are bad ass.
So why is it that you can put titanium teeth in a dog, but they cant put hallow points in their handgun?
May 6th, 2011 at 9:30 am
This article says 79 SEALs. That’s way above the capacity of 2 or even 4 Pave Hawks, but right in line with 2 of the retired Pave Lows.
The odd looking tail section we left at the compound points to a new stealthy chopper.
I guess it’s about as large as the Pave Lows.
Good to speculate that we didn’t loose that capability.
May 6th, 2011 at 9:53 am
They only replace or cap broken teeth with titanium. It’s a common problem with working dogs that do bite work. If my Malinois ever breaks a tooth, we’ll have to do that, too, since they bite with 400-700 PSI of force.
And that tail section looks remarkably like the rotor portion of the now-cancelled Commanche stealth chopper.
May 6th, 2011 at 10:54 am
not quite, the comanche had a ducted fan in the tail
May 6th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
The helicopter was an MH60 with “Low observability” fairings” and a modified tail-rotor. (most likely for noise abatement)
I remember seeing a mock-up back in 2008 but didn’t think they were actually being deployed.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/05/army-mission-helocopter-was-secret-stealth-black-hawk-050411/
May 10th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
hoodoo: right. The tail of the downed aircraft looks a lot the rotor of the commanche.