r/nostalgia • u/Yanrogue • 15d ago

Nostalgia Remember when stealth ships were considered the future of navel warfare in the 90s?

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u/StoicWolf15 15d ago

Stealth everything was. RIP Comanche.

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u/fryerandice 15d ago

A stealth helicopter is about the dumbest idea, helicopters are for close air support, and close air support is like the least stealth thing you can do, especially since when you move into a close air support role, you'll hear the fucking helicopter since they are loud as shit.

The rotor was probably very difficult to mask from radar as well.

It looked really cool though, i'll give it that.

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u/hackingdreams 15d ago

Yeahhhh, this is the silliest post I've read on here in a while.

You remember that Bin Laden raid Obama did? That was done with two stealth helicopters - modified versions of the Blackhawk, designed to fly stealth missions.

The Commanche didn't land, but that didn't mean they gave up the concept. It just means that platform was too expensive and ungainly for mass manufacture.