Browse for pictures and videos of battle-damaged A-10s and Su-25s. The difference is they are getting back home and these new fancy things wouldn’t.
Yes, but they’re not going to be buying A-10s or Su-25s, nor would these things be used in the same role. The role for these is what the OV-10A and A-37 used to do, and it’s competing against similar aircraft.
One other thing, the Su-25 has a mission endurance time of 2 hours. The A-10, which we can’t make any more of, has a mission endurance time of three hours. This Scorpion can sit up there and loiter around for *five* hours.