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From: mcgrath@nprdc.navy.mil (James McGrath)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: air defense wires
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Date: 7 Apr 89 03:05:24 GMT
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From: mcgrath@nprdc.navy.mil (James McGrath)
Helicopters flying nap-of-the-earth (NOE) have been downed by striking
power lines and other high wires.  It seems logical that one might
deliberately string wires across passes, saddles, or even between tall
trees as a means of defense or interdiction against NOE air operations.
Does anybody know whether such measures would be effective and whether
they have ever been used?