Kevin Brooks
Not in this argument it is not. The poster was claiming that we should be
able to forego attack helo operations in favor of systems like Strix for the
deep attack role--and Strix is NOT a deep attack asset, by any definition.

Oh no I didn't g, and, besides, I was explicitely speculating...

While I agree that Strix certainly isn't a deep strike AT asset
like AH's, I'd think that it can do some of the AT job of AH's
in CAS. A small country not being able to afford everything, may
have to do difficult choises between dissimilar systems. My
speculation was that if Strix is seen to improve the AT capability
of the Royal Army significantly, it may be one reason why they
haven't gotten (expensive) attack helos.

Besides, putting Strix and AH's in the same category is rather
modest compared to that some Finnish top brass - quite seriously -
drew a parallel between anti-personnel mines and AH's a few years
ago. (The logic being that if the AP mines have to be abandonded due
to international agreements, AT minefields will be too easy to clear,
and thus AH's are necessary to maintain the AT capability).