Dude, anywhere there's enemy it is a hostile area!!!
LOL! Rudra cannot perform from overhead ?? And why not?? Your viewpoint seems to be like folding up one leg and strapping it and then saying "Look I can still move by hopping on one leg - I am totally fine functioning this way for the rest of my life". I am just curious why exactly would someone want to do that??
Don't know which Hollywood world you live in, but ALL attack helicopters are also tasked with scouting responsibilities also. Especially in Kashmir area where a guerrilla warfare is underway . You yourself admit that during one of the worst attacks (Pathankot) recently Rudra is not very effective - peek from the side HAHAHAH.
Firstly, the image is that of Viper not Cobra. You've just given away your ignorance on attack helicopters (not to mention a bad reader - cause I already mentioned that it's a Viper)!!!
Perhaps if you had spent some time learning geometry instead watching YouTube videos (which I admit are fun too...) then perhaps you'd understand the concept of the 'cone of visibility' I was referring to. I did a simple sketch to illustrate the point of a downward looking EO - don't attack me for not drawing to scale!! At a good altitude, the pilot should able to see even a kilometer behind!!! Btw...the EO can be rotated up to see forward and upward too!!
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And to further illustrate the point (to few other ignoramuses who were locking horns unnecessarily) that only forward looking EO is not sufficient, I created another crude sketch. Rudra/LCH will literally have to turn around to visually scan every side of the mountain slope; sometimes it might even miss stuff completely when flying over narrow valleys!! Where in fact, one would expect the helo to just rotate the EO and scan all directions!!
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