If a badger mauls me to death because I tried to pet it, I want you all to know that I never said they weren't vicious predators. My name is in no way a statement on the docile nature of badgers. They are dangerous and I won't feel safe trying to pet it.
I'm not going to profess to be some sort of expert on combat aircraft or complicated machines in general, but when I look something up and I immediately see this
Still, the Osprey isn't historically reliable when it comes to combat readiness. In fact, the program missed the boat on meeting its reliability rate goals in every year from 2011 to 2021 — despite taking its first flight in 1989.
in an article titled 'Why they call the Osprey the 'widow maker', I'm going to assume it's a piece of shit, especially knowing what I already did about it's extended development and previous crashes and issues
It's a fucking overcomplicated helicopter, and those are already accident prone pieces of shit, I don't think there has ever been a time when adding MORE delicate systems to an existing machine has increased it's reliability
US forces in Iraq and Syria have been subject to 78 attacks resulting in 66 injuries since the start of Al-Aqsa Flood. There have been no deaths.
Since Al Aqsa Flood started a V22 Osprey has crashed with 8 servicemembers and a helicopter crashed in the Mediterranean carrying a full SF team. Everyone on both aircraft died.
Edit: I think they said 1 contractor died from a heart attack because of one of the missile strikes
Never forget that the Army wants its own much larger fleet of Ospreys. We're talking about the V280 Valor, they want to replace all Blackhawks with those starting in 2030.
A thousand Ospreys! Unlimited crashes! Endless VTOL genocide!
Actually went ahead and looked up some numbers - as long as the Army doesn't change its plan, production will begin in 2027 already and the V-280 will have to replace at least 3,000 Blackhawks and Apaches. Oh and this crap will get pushed on the allies, so get ready for Fallschirmjagers drowning in the Baltics in this POS contraption lol.
who would have thought the aircraft more complicated than a helicopter, that can't glide for shit, and is routinely flown low to the ground would be unsafe
The helicopter that doubles as a submarine in 7th Fleet, the one where everything always crashes because it's overworked and undermaintained. RIP Captain Stupid-Ass.
An Osprey is a bird of prey that hunts fish primarily. They do talon grabs skimming the surface of the water in flight as well as dives directly into the water.