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To: raptor22
600b plus in annual defense spending, and they look at this 4b to cut.

Great idea, cut off the tip of your spears and arrows.

4 posted on 01/26/2015 10:18:56 AM PST by onona (Obama's entire term reads like a John Semmens post.)
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To: onona

Really stupid planning and strategy. The Warthog A-10 is probably one of the most fearsome engines of war any column of armor or transport has ever faced. Able to puncture and blow away tanks, they make mincemeat of a supply or infantry placement, and the sound of their approach should and does strike terror into the hearts of the opposing force.

Essentially, it is a cannon with wings, and it is of relatively very high maneuverability, nearly indestructible, able to still fly when reduced to practically tatters, because of all of its redundant internal control systems. Hydraulics, redundant back-up hydraulics, and if both fail, still mechanical control of the air control surfaces, and even with large parts of those same air control surfaces severely damaged, it can still cripple home on one engine, if need be.

Rather than scrap the program, ship most of the remaining stock and parts inventory to Israel, to bolster their own defense forces.


16 posted on 01/26/2015 10:50:36 AM PST by alloysteel (Je suis Charlie)
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To: onona

Disarming us for the sake of our enemies is starting to feel intentional...


25 posted on 01/26/2015 11:25:06 AM PST by GOPJ (Radical Muslims are the brutish "Morlocks' of the Islamic coin - flip of peace loving Eloi...)
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