Originally posted by the Bear:
[b]it's called a Hellfire, or Helicopter Launched Fire and
Forget...
but lately, it's ground-launched 
bro, dun you think earlier on, your comparison is a little out
of context? We were talking about different weapons platform (eg,
AFV, walking tanks, etc) and you came along and compared some
futuristic walking troop assault carrier with a Hellfire missile. A
more relevent comparison might be a M3 Bradley IFV. Because we are
talking about the platforms not the munitions they fire. To use a
similar metaphor like at an Assault Rifle beauty contest, other
contestants are entering rifles like FN2000, SAR-21, Steyr AUG and
you walk in with just a 5.56mm tracer round.
And then I asked for a platform, you showed us a HUMVEE firing
ground-based Hellfires. Fine, so in your opinion, we should scrap
all our tanks and just buy lots of missile-firing soft-skinned
jeeps? How long can your fleet hummers last in a battle?
