South Korea Reconsidering Additional U.S. AH-64E Apaches Due to Concerns Over Battlefield Vulnerability, High Cost

South Korean officials questioned the wisdom of spending 70% of the Army’s annual budget on the Apaches considering how Russian attack helicopters were rapidly shot down by MANPADS during the Ukrainian war. Attack drones meanwhile have emerged as a cheaper and effective substitute. South Korea is “reexamining” a plan to purchase additional 36 U.S.-made AH-64E […]

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