Goodbye to parachutes

[ybbor]

it seems wildely inaccurate. how can you depend on a soldier landing in the target area from 120 miles away?

 

[Masquerouge]

it seems wildely inaccurate. how can you depend on a soldier landing in the target area from 120 miles away?

My understanding was that this allowed the plane to drop the soldier 120 miles AWAY from the objective so that it would not be exposed/detected.
So you actually WANT to drop your guy that far.

 

[blackheart]

it seems wildely inaccurate. how can you depend on a soldier landing in the target area from 120 miles away?

No, they're dropped from a plane far away, then they glide to their destinations.

 

[ybbor]

I know they aren't dropped to a destination 120 miles away, my question is how you can reliably depend on a soldier to to be able to land a particular location after gliding from 120 miles away. They might accidently steer (or be shifted by the wind) so they land 10 miles east of their desitnation etc.

 

[Homie]

It said they had navigation equipment, so they probably have GPS and coordinates and stuff. I assume, its their job, so I figure they would have thought of that.

 

[tomsnowman123]

I know they aren't dropped to a destination 120 miles away, my question is how you can reliably depend on a soldier to to be able to land a particular location after gliding from 120 miles away. They might accidently steer (or be shifted by the wind) so they land 10 miles east of their desitnation etc.

I would assume it's no less accurate then a parachute in the first place, you get quite a bit of control, and navigational equipment, whatever that amounts to.