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To: BeauBo; blitz128
...the 250-pound SDB would provide the A-10 with a significantly improved precision strike capability over ranges up to 40 nautical miles away.

I would like to know the launch parameters of the A-10 to achieve 40NM.

Perhaps 25,000ft MSL at 450 KTAS.

What I would like to see is an Air Launched version of the GLSDB.

59 posted on 04/28/2023 12:01:50 PM PDT by FtrPilot
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To: FtrPilot

“I would like to know the launch parameters of the A-10 to achieve 40NM.”

How about just outside of SHOrt Range Air Defense from the Russian front line trenches? It is a Close Air Support jet, there to bring heat to the close battle on the ground. Is there a profile where it could pop up and launch, without getting hit?


67 posted on 04/28/2023 12:46:58 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: FtrPilot
"What I would like to see is an Air Launched version of the GLSDB."

I can't tell from the close up if these had rocket nozzles in the back, or if it is just a tailfin cap for flight control. I'm not familiar with them. You may have gotten your wish.


79 posted on 04/28/2023 6:12:39 PM PDT by BeauBo
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