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chained_bear commented on the word helicopter gunship
I'm not quite sure what this is, though it seems self-explanatory.
"In the mid-1990s his security services cracked down hard on militants in Darnah, calling in helicopter gunships to suppress the local rebels..."
Kevin Paraino, "Destination Martyrdom," Newsweek (April 28, 2008), 27
April 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the word helicopter gunship
I believe it's a helicopter outfitted with weapons, no?
April 24, 2008
john commented on the word helicopter gunship
As opposed to helicopter funships, which are outfitted with water balloons and cream pies.
April 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the word helicopter gunship
And circus peanuts, no doubt.
April 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word helicopter gunship
I thought it was a battleship outfitted with helicopters. Wait... what if it's a cream pie outfitted with a battleship?!
April 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the word helicopter gunship
Now that would suppress the local rebels.
April 24, 2008
bilby commented on the word helicopter gunship
*throws a few cream pies around*
All in the name of research of course. A bit like scientific whaling.
April 24, 2008