T?? MH-6 ?n? AH-6 Littl? Bi??s ??v? in???? ???n ic?nic ?n? inv?l???l? ?ss?ts ??? U.S. s??ci?l ?????ti?ns ???c?s. T??i? sm?ll siz?, m?n??v????ilit?, ?n? v??s?tilit? ??v? m??? t??m ?i??l? s?it??l? ??? ? wi?? ??n?? ?? missi?ns, incl??in? ??c?nn?iss?nc?, li??t ?tt?ck, ?n? t??ns???t?ti?n ?? s??ci?l ?????ti?ns t??ms.
I? t???? ??? ?isc?ssi?ns wit?in t?? USSOCOM ?? t?? milit??? ????t t?? ??t??? ?? t?? MH-6 ?n? AH-6 ??lic??t??s, it is lik?l? ??iv?n ?? s?v???l ??ct??s, s?c? ?s:
A?? ?n? M?int?n?nc? C?sts: Lik? ?ll milit??? ???i?m?nt, ??lic??t??s ??v? ? ?init? s??vic? li??, ?n? ?s t??? ???, m?int?n?nc? ?n? ?????ti?n?l c?sts c?n inc???s?. At s?m? ??int, t?? c?st ?? m?int?inin? ??in? ?l?t???ms m?? ??tw?i?? t??i? ?????ti?n?l ??n??its.
A?v?nc?m?nts in T?c?n?l???: N?w?? ??lic??t?? m???ls m?? ????? ?n??nc?? c????iliti?s, im???v?? ??????m?nc?, ?n? ??tt?? s??viv??ilit? c?m????? t? ?l??? ??si?ns. U?????in? t? n?w?? ?l?t???ms c?n ???vi?? ? si?ni?ic?nt ??v?nt??? ?n t?? m????n ??ttl??i?l?.
O????ti?n?l R???i??m?nts: As missi?ns ?n? t????ts ?v?lv?, t?? USSOCOM m?? n??? ?i?????nt c????iliti?s ???m t??i? ??lic??t?? ?l??t. Ass?ssin? t?? c??n?in? ????i??m?nts ?n? ?ns??in? t??t t?? ???i?m?nt ?li?ns wit? c????nt ?n? ??t??? n???s is c??ci?l.
B????t C?nst??ints: B????t??? c?nsi????ti?ns ??t?n ?l?? ? ??l? in ??cisi?ns ????t ???i?m?nt ??ti??m?nts ?n? ???l?c?m?nts. F?n?in? limit?ti?ns c?n in?l??nc? t?? milit???’s c??ic?s in m????nizin? t??i? ?l??t.
It’s im???t?nt t? n?t? t??t ??cisi?ns ??????in? milit??? ???i?m?nt, incl??in? ??lic??t??s, ??? m??? ??t?? c?????l ?v?l??ti?n ?? v??i??s ??ct??s, incl??in? ?????ti?n?l ????i??m?nts, c?st-??n??it ?n?l?s?s, ?n? st??t??ic c?nsi????ti?ns. T?? USSOCOM ?n? t?? U.S. milit??? ?s ? w??l? c?ntin???sl? ?ss?ss t??i? ???i?m?nt ?n? c????iliti?s t? ?ns??? t??? ??m?in ????ctiv? ?n? ????? t? m??t t?? c??ll?n??s ?? m????n w??????.
F?? t?? m?st c????nt ?n? ?cc???t? in???m?ti?n ?n t?? ??t??? ?? t?? MH-6 ?n? AH-6 Littl? Bi??s, I ??c?mm?n? c??ckin? wit? ???ici?l U.S. milit??? s???c?s ?? ????t??l? ????ns? n?ws ??tl?ts.