A few numbers:
Chinook CH-47
Cost $38 million
Combat Radius 200 miles
Cruise Speed 160 knots
Payload 24,000 lbs
Super Stallion CH53
Cost $24 million
Combat Radius 621 miles
Cruise Speed 150 knots
Payload 30,000 lbs
Osprey V-22
Cost $72.1 million
Combat Radius 426 miles
Cruise Speed 275 knots
Payload 20,000 lbs
The Marine Corps loves the V-22. Not sure why. All the V-22 offers over the CH53 is much higher cruise speed. The CH-53 has better combat radius and payload. We could buy three CH-53 helicopters for the price of a single V-22.
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