US Army touts new rotorcraft in ocean fight with China

Sikorsky Raider X

Source: Sikorsky

China poses several awkward challenges for the US Army. First, the US Army is a land-based military service and China is an ocean away. Second, the wide-open spaces of the Pacific Ocean would seem to make it more difficult to hide in-bound helicopters and tiltrotors from radar.

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