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>Helicopters are extremely vulnerable for drone interceptors.

Do we have evidence even a single helicopter has been shot down by a drone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSbmBpJSrYI

And just to be clear, there were previous videos of interceptions and near interceptions that just didn't look so photogenic so weren't widely distributed. This video was not where things changed.

Did the helicopter go down?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XV8eVcQXcQ4

shows a different event but two angles. Again many videos like this.

There are zero American helicopters that are even able to fly from any friendly base or ship to either Houthi or Iran. All american ships that could support a landing are thousands of kms away. The Carriers are thousands of kms away in the Indian because of drones and missiles have pushed them back.

Paratroopers and similar troops could be dropped but it would be a suicide mission in an extremely harsh land, with no water and no food.

But that's because of IAD, not drones.

Thanks for confirming all my other points are correct, one minor disagreement hardly matters.

Well, okay, but your point wasn't related to the discussion. What I was asked was for evidence helicopters were shot down by drones.

Where did i say the helis were shot down by drones ?

I never said that at all, im simply saying helis have a limited range, and since all ships including any possibly landing ones are too far away because the ships are scared of the missiles and drones.

The text I was responding to was "Helicopters are extremely vulnerable for drone interceptors."

Of course they are, how does that change my observation ?

Multiple and two in the last month.

Do we have evidence there's even a war going on there?! I've never seen a single video, but they keep shipping money and weapons over there.

How there could be a war if Trump had finished it in 24 hours?

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