[machman]

A few mintues of A-10 flight time should take care of 50 Iraqi tanks, don't you think?

[SJackson]

A few mintues of A-10 flight time should take care of 50 Iraqi tanks, don't you think?

Not without damaging the houses. Please note it is very difficult to winkle them out because of our collateral damage requirements," he told Reuters…"They are in built-up areas…If we were prepared to flatten the houses we could destroy the tanks but we are not prepared to flatten the houses because that is not what we have come here for.

[biblewonk]

A few mintues of A-10 flight time should take care of 50 Iraqi tanks, don't you think?

Life expectancy in a tank near and not liked by an A-10 is just a matter of seconds.

[RightWhale]

A-10

The order is to avoid collateral damage. A-10s would destroy the tanks, but the houses would also be whacked.