# Is the Army gambling with a losing hand?

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**Created:** [May 26, 2004, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-army-gambling-with-a-losing-hand/247156 "2004-05-26T10:23:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-army-gambling-with-a-losing-hand/247156/41 "2004-06-04T17:10:41Z")

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> [@Rashak Mani](#):
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> So is Stealth Tech doomed ?
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> (Seems the Russians have been giving a lot of technical help to all sorts of allies… could it be that they helped with the “flak” RPG method the somalis used in Mogadischu against the Black Hawk Helis ?

The russians will give almost anything to those what have gold , but in the case of the somalias , they may actually have been hindered by the russian stuff.

After their afganistan debacle , the rpg series of grenade launchers were constructed with something that would detonate , no higher than a hundred feet up.

Seems the Afgan tribes , had the same idea against russian helicopters.

Declan

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