Re: (SG2] Orbital Insertion (an alternative approach to calculat

John M. Atkinson wrote:

> Los wrote:
>
> Of course--but it looks like the best options will be relatively small
> tactical stuff like the Soviets did in WWII rather than Arnhem-style
> nonsense.  And in counter-insurgency airborne deployment might make a
> useful way of getting your response forces from A to B.
>

Of course, there not really any need to do division sized drops. And
even today
there's not a single country that could pull one of, including the
Russians.
Brigade is about as high as anyone does. But so what? We couldn't land a
division
of Marines in one fell swoop either. Are you suggesting that there's no
need for
airborne forces any more or in the future?  Seems to me it'll be a
capability that
it'll be around for a long time. (Except in Canada <g>) Hence the topic
of this
discussion.

>
> > <Q: What hangs under a chicken'  ass? A: A nasty leg>
>
> Q:  How many people who were on jump status for more than 5 years have
I
> met with knees which still work 100%?
>
> A:  None
>

Guess I'll have to tell all the guys in my company (shit for that matter
in all of
Special Forces, etc) that their knees aren't supposed to work....

>
> John M. Atkinson
>
> (Completely offtopic--I met and shook hands with General Kalashnikov,
> [as in invented the AK-47] today!  First trip to US for him.)

How old is he? Must be about 70 or 80.