Re: How much parachute training in U.S. military?

peterwezeman@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I note that the United States has developed a system where cargo is air
> dropped with airfoil type parachutes and
> guided by GPS to a precise touchdown point. Replacing the cargo pallet
> with a crew module, possibly lightly
> armored, with a pilot using GPS plus night vision and thermal imaging
> systems to land a squad, could this
> technology replace conventional parachutes for airborn units?

The problem of one payload landing on the target is rather simpler than
10/100/1000 parachutes all exiting from the plane safely, and avoiding
each other, while landing on target.
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