> Meanwhile, the A-10 is and was an amazing design and yet they want to ditch it. I believe the argument that the A-10 is obsolete is the fact that nowadays th

> Meanwhile, the A-10 is and was an amazing design and yet they want to ditch it. I believe the argument that the A-10 is obsolete is the fact that nowadays the US armed forces have at their disposal far more efficient and safe ways to destroy ground targets and conduct close air support missions. The design of something is irrelevant if it's obsolete. I'm sure there were exquisite buggy whips back in the day. Here's an age-old HN post that amusingly enough is a top search hit on Google on this topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11031662 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11031662