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A Blackhawk at 1000 feet with a full day/night sensor complement can see 
a hell of a lot farther than anyone on horseback both day and 
particularly night. It's pretty much the backbone of the DEA effort find 
drugs in FL (and other places). They can act as a repeater for all the 
ground based radios and if  the advisory is capable and willing to fire 
RPG's you'd be pretty much dead meat out there on a horse ;-) . 

Truman



Jim Holland wrote:
> Hmmmm...maybe so, but a "Calvary Charge" with guns blazing is not what is
> being discussed here...and radios DO work from horseback.  A 5 watt radio on
> the horse, a 50 Watt radio in the Border Patrol SUVs, and few repeaters in
> strategic locations and you're in business. In our Mounted Rescue, a radio
> and a GPS will get you a helicopter right on top of you in a hurry. (Or one
> of those cute little drones that fires Hellfire missiles?)  
>
> Considering the cost of a Blackhawk and their vulnerability to RPG's, I
> think the horse wins hands down.
>
> Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic
>
> Richard T. "Jim" Holland
> Three Creeks Farm
> 175 Hells Hollow Drive
> Blue Ridge, Ga 30513
> (706) 258-2830
> www.threecreeksarabians.com
> Callsign KI4BEN
>   


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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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