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Ask yourself who the aircraft has been deployed against. Then ask yourself what would happen if it were deployed against someone comparable to the United State
by scanny 7y ago
Ask yourself who the aircraft has been deployed against.
Then ask yourself what would happen if it were deployed against someone comparable to the United States.
During the 1980's within "two weeks [of full hostilities between the US and the USSR] the entire A-10 force at the time — around 700 jets — would have been destroyed and the pilots killed, injured, captured"[1].
So now, almost 40 years on, how do you think the A-10 will stand?
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/an-a-10-pilot-could-hope-to-last-two-weeks-against-the-soviets-1ebff9bfa4df https://medium.com/war-is-boring/an-a-10-pilot-could-hope-to...
- duxup 7y agoThat sounds like a good way to end up with a plane for use in wars you aren't fighting at the expense of those they are fighting.
- scanny 7y agoIt seems to me that armed drones have already taken on the new long-loitering fire support platform. Although there are programs looking into a cost efficient replacement that still fulfills the `guy-in-an-armed-flying-metal-box replacement` [1] https://www.indrastra.com/2019/05/USAF-OA-X-Program-6-Light-Attack-Aircraft-005-05-2019-0063.html https://www.indrastra.com/2019/05/USAF-OA-X-Program-6-Light-...