I know about Jamming and its disadvantages. I learned while reading why my jamming was making me into a target.
And I said older sams. A modern same would blow this out of the sky in a heartbeat like any other chopper. However only a few nations have such ability and this chopper would be nowhere near THAT hot zone. That is a job for missile boat and decoy UAVs.
As for the Black Shark. I highly doubt that we will be buying those any time soon.
And as for conversion. They are already converting Little Birds to be used in manned and unmanned roles (To spot for Apaches or to fly into a hot zone and evac without risking more lives)
It wont be super cheap but yes these things can be made cheaply IF that is the role we want. AH-64s are expensive because they arent meant to be thown in and have maybe a quarter escape. So they are filled to the brim with stuff to prevent such.
You build a 1000 of these a year in an assembly line and you have that ability. Half go in and be bait and blow up what they can while the other half go in and mop up. Dirty but will work all the time because there is nothing the bad guys have that can eat 1000 of these before the force is wiped out. Especially when their air force is held back by F-22s.
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