Osprey - is that gold blinking under the crust of dirt?

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by em2nought

I thought the last article I read said they were intentionally avoiding the more dangerous spots with Ospreys, if that's the case maybe they are still fudging the data.

I'd like to see it die because I'm tired of projecting power, lets go back to landing craft with detroit diesels. Obviously if our gear is too good, there seems to be too much urge to use it.

Not a bad idea, taking the isolationist route that allowed Japan to take over most of the pacific... Or Germany to take over Europe, twice.

Projection of power has prevented more wars than it's caused. Korea? China/Taiwain/HongKong. Germany during the cold war? The fact that each countries allies could mount a rapid response to any invasion kept the aggressors at bay.

As mentioned, Like the Harrier, the Osprey had it's growing pains. Which killed more in testing? Osprey or Harrier? It's gotta be close. And yet when the harrier was taken away from the RN recently, everybody threw a fit.

Once the osprey has settled in, and they start deploying it in all it's usable roles (Insertion, SAR, Transport, etc), people will come to rely on it's presence.