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Don't forget, the box on top of the rotor is a camera system, which is how they can mark targets from behind hard cover

You'd never see em coming until it's too late

They had one at the air show this summer.

I would be terrified to see one of those on the battlefield coming straight for me

why not use one of these bois

@Legiondude thought that was a radome/sensor package, and that the camera system was in the nose

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@Deleted User why use one of those, they have no AA, just use a warthog for the loiter time, payload, and that sweet sweet brrrt

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1057036299193012225

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@Antiboom If you want long loiter time, why not use this?

brrrt

I love how we're bringing back light attack aircraft.

*Classic.*

I have concerns how they'd fare against other developed countries, but they're excellent for counter-terror

You wouldn't use them against developed countries

only against little shits with no air capacity

like luxembourg

Like the foothills of the Himalayas

or luxembourg

I think the (quite possibly misguided) idea behind the f-35 is that it can be used in counterterror, but still be viable against developed countries

lol yeah, I've found that argument pretty retarded

```Armament
Guns: 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AN/M3 autocannon
Hardpoints: 15 external hardpoints with a capacity of 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
Other: bombs, torpedoes, mine dispensers, unguided rockets, and gun pods```
Look at the weaponry on this bad boi

not gonna lie, that thing looks similar to a bearcat in design

```"Hardpoints: 11 (8× under-wing and 3× under-fuselage pylon stations) with a capacity of 16,000 lb (7,260 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
Rockets: *** 4× LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19×/7× Hydra 70 mm/APKWS[194] rockets, respectively)
6x LAU-131 rocket pods (each with 7x Hydra 70 rockets)[195][196]
Missiles: *** 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles for self-defense
6× AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles
Bombs: *** Mark 80 series of unguided iron bombs or
Mk 77 incendiary bombs or
BLU-1, BLU-27/B, CBU-20 Rockeye II, BL755[197] and CBU-52/58/71/87/89/97 cluster bombs or
Paveway series of Laser-guided bombs or
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) (A-10C)[198] or
Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (A-10C)
Other: *** SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys and chaff dispenser pod or
AN/ALQ-131 or AN/ALQ-184 ECM pods or
Lockheed Martin Sniper XR or LITENING targeting pods (A-10C) or
2× 600 US gal (2,300 L) Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for increased range/loitering time."```

plus gun

With a fleet of motion tracking and target painting drones in the sky, and working your way systematically through the country, you could finish up Afghanistan pretty quickly.

"Three helicopter companies, with night-vision capabilities, to help Border Patrol officers to reach remote locations quickly" @Fitzydog inb4 apaches

oh shit lol

anyone now where to find the exact companies that are being moved?

someone donate that caravan some tanks, lets get real

theory says if they use tanks, even just to try to force through the physical barriers

the national guard can defend itself

and at that point, who *knows* who's a noncombatant and who's not?

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such a fluid situation

"will include three engineering battalions with "heavy equipment""

hmm

Personally I would just equip a few m60’s with flamethrowers

m728s anyone?

@Antiboom BUILD THE WALL!

tbh canister on an abrams would probably work fine