Winning involves taking and holding ground. The tank is one of the best ways to do that. The A-10 is excellent at preventing other tanks from taking ground. The A-10 is a defensive weapon.
The seeds of destruction of the auto industry are solely the property of the Bolshecrat party and their allies the UAW. The Bolshies have had a hate affair with hydrocarbon base fuels for decades and have countered market forces to advance their agenda. Witness, the requirement from Nancy Pelosi, that before Detroit get any money they have to come with a marketing plan to produce green cars. You will see laws come out of congress to punish foreign owned auto production, like card check. And, laws that offset low tax states competitiveness. I expect we will be see the rise of the UBW (United Bicycle Workers) at $75 an hour to build the ultimate green means of transportation before the end of the next congress.
Agreed. So it is a question of who HAS the tanks and the will to claim territory. Who can produce them is not the issue. Heavy industry - like the big 3 - do not have much of a strategic value. Days of the T-34 and the Shermans are long gone
As far as the A-10 being defensive, the retreating Republican Guard in Desert Storm may beg to differ. A tank full of depleted uranium holes will hold its ground pretty well because it won't run any more.