Kind of reminiscent of the British use of the Swordfish in WWII.
I don't think the NKs would be crazy enough to actually use one to deliver a nuke. Crazy enough to pretend they would, sure, but not crazy enough to invite an Ohio-class to launch all its birds at them.
Appleseed wrote: In reply to racerdave600: That thing is pretty rare and unknown, even in aviation communities.
It was virtually silent and radar invisible. It also flew low and slow. If I remember correctly, he stated they never lost one either. It made a great camera platform.
Later in life after he retired, he took up ranching. He had one here in Huntsville, South Alabama, and Arizona I believe. I went to the one here in Huntsville and it was full of high tech things he came up with.
Fox News wrote: The dated aircraft raisesthe (sic) concern that they could be used to transport a nuclear bomb to be dropped quite easily without triggering any radar at any specific target.
It would be a suicide mission. If they had a droppable nuke and the Antonov was able to heft the weight, the plane would be destroyed in its own blast as it would not be able to escape.
Fox News also said: “The reason the An-2 still flies is that there is really no other aircraft like it,” aviation writer Bernie Leighton, who has flown in an An-2 in Belarus, told the BCC. “If you need an aircraft that can carry 10 soldiers, people or goats, that can take off from anywhere and land anywhere ‒ it is either that or a helicopter.”
Or a Pilatus, which can do pretty much everything listed except faster.
Jerry From LA wrote: Or a Pilatus, which can do pretty much everything listed except faster.
yes, but I doubt that NK is allowed to buy any.
Yeah, 10 guys and gear would fit quite well into a Cessna 208, a PC-12, I think some seating configurations of King Air's, PZL M-28, etc etc.
This just reinforces my view that the media source cited is mostly engaged in theater.
What I see a TV news agency talk about aircraft, I usually roll my eyes and give my best Ron Swanson, "I know more and you."
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