New from the Center for Defense Information: "Faster than the fastest helicopter, able to leap vertically to lift troops and supplies behind enemy lines, the Osprey is able to swoop, raptor-like, onto an enemy with deadly results. But throughout the V-22's development, 30 people have died -- and now this glitch-plagued program is poised to reveal fundamental flaws that may cost even more lives."

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New from the Center for Defense Information: "Faster than the fastest helicopter, able to leap vertically to lift troops and supplies behind enemy lines, the Osprey is able to swoop, raptor-like, onto an enemy with deadly results. But throughout the V-22's development, 30 people have died -- and now this glitch-plagued program is poised to reveal fundamental flaws that may cost even more lives."

Authors Bio:

Russ Wellen is the nuclear deproliferation editor for OpEdNews. He's also on the staffs of Freezerbox and Scholars & Rogues.

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