To: 2ndDivisionVet
Despite all it’s armor etc., the A-10 is an easy target in anything other than third world opposition and probably a lot of even them.
Sort of the same for the Spectre. It packs a real punch but can only operate in certain areas.
20 posted on
05/27/2017 6:52:56 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
Chafe and flares help. Both equipped.
22 posted on
05/27/2017 6:57:39 PM PDT by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: yarddog
That’s what the sole purpose for all those F-XX jocks are for .... running interference for the real close ground support .... Low and Slow and punishing as Hell!
23 posted on
05/27/2017 7:00:23 PM PDT by
RetiredTexasVet
(Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
To: yarddog
The A-10 was designed to be effective flying into the teeth of the Warsaw Pact.
It can lose a lot of parts and return home.
29 posted on
05/27/2017 7:13:59 PM PDT by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: yarddog
Sort of the same for the Spectre. It packs a real punch but can only operate in certain areas. Exactly what we've been fighting for the last 40 years
37 posted on
05/27/2017 7:38:21 PM PDT by
VeniVidiVici
(It's not gun violence, it's thug violence)
To: yarddog
Don’t agree with that.
I have my reasons that cannot be addressed here.
80 posted on
05/30/2017 11:16:41 AM PDT by
Hulka
To: yarddog
Despite all it’s armor etc., the A-10 is an easy target in anything other than third world opposition and probably a lot of even them. Easy target for what? Are you referring to things like shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles?
The A-10 isn't vulnerable to small arms fire, is it? I know they're not very fast—they can "only" fly at 450 mph—but they are heavily armored at least, aren't they?
87 posted on
05/30/2017 11:36:32 AM PDT by
sargon
("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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