I would qualify that a 90 is only 'advertised' as doing everything at short notice. The only thing that is for certain is that does NOT include delivery, nor operational implementation.Bit lat in the night for a full reply gents :drunk1. But you can not remove a full combat system out of a Seahawk in a few hours, A "90" can do everything at short notice, a Romeo cannot.
Also no fast rope insertions will be happening at short notice. And in any case as I said, the only part of Boarding Ops that should be taken into account when deciding the next helo is how it will go covering from above.
Making this decision on the perceived need to throw a stick of men down a rope would not be a wise move at all.
I am aware of all things ANZAC. I think you underestimate or do not truly understand what I'm getting at. Once its in the hangar at long term lashings, cool, it can be tight but if the doors closed I'm happy. But if itSo things are a bit tight in hanger...Welcome to everything else in an ANZAC. I was onboard Warra for First of Class trials for the Sprogs....Still remember the Birdies hanging off it with a 6" ruler to make sure it would not have it's rotor ripped of by the hanger door ( I would of thought they would of done the measurement before then) and that was alongside.
a) cannot be moved in/out the hanagar door with the ship experiencing anything more than a modest roll
b) cannot be launched or recovered in anything but a benign sea state
Then there could be problems
The 90 is significantly bigger and heavier than the current S-70, and it would monster something the size of a Seasprite. That is a fact that has profound effects when trying to conduct flight ops whilst driving the warship tactically within a screen.
Those are not trivial issues that would be easily overcome.