Wednesday, September 28, 2011

South Africa's Bogus New Combat Aircraft

South Africa unveiled today its new combat airplane, the Ahrlac. They call it a drone, an attack helicopter and a surveillance aircraft all in one. I call it a piece of crap. I've seen one of these before, it's called an ultralight. The plane boasts, well, pretty much nothing. It has a propeller and I see a couple of little bombs and rockets under the wings.

Want to hear the kicker? This thing is going to cost one third to one half the price of an American Apache attack copter. Apaches cost $20 million, by the way. So this little nuisance could cost the South Africans up to $10 million each. I found a nice used ultralight for sale online for $9,500. Here's an idea for you South Africa, just buy a few of those and stick a little bomb or two under it.



An ultralight aircraft. Look familiar?

God forbid anyone get attacked by South Africa, they might have to send out their fleet of crop dusters. Or how about a fly swatter?
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  1. kitsychanFebruary 23, 2014 at 3:36 AM

    Not really, more information has become available on it. Its significantly larger and heavier then most ultralights, in at 4000 pounds empty, with 8900 pound load weight. about 2000 pound weapon load including a 20mm cannon, as well as the ability to carry 500 pound bombs, anti-tank missiles or unguided rockets.

    Its more comparable to the Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano for size and capabilities.

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