I agree 100%. It’s just that I get pissed off when people defend A-10 in a completely wrong and ignorant way, often by painting it as some sort of a miraculous weapon with a big gun that goes BRRRTTTT in the face of everything. People often tend to judge things based on the looks or the presence, missing the wider…

I thought it was an inside joke i didn’t understand.....

That’s a really bad pro-A-10 argument. Any cannon armed aircraft or helicopter can do what you have described, and you won’t really risk any aircraft (A-10 included) to attack an enemy armour formation with strafing runs in order to score some mobility kills, as a proper armour unit usually brings some proper AAA.

I don’t really understand what do you mean with the second sentence. Of course that the gun is still very useful, I just wanted to point out something that many people here don’t really understand.

Thinking about the current situation and using it as a template for the future acquisitions is a horrible flaw characteristic of the DoD’s post-Cold war thinking.

The A-10s gun has lost its usefulness against the latest tanks; it is the other weapons that do the trick.

But the only thing that can protect it from the IADS is SEAD. CAS in a full scale war is a pretty complicated, multi-layered thing.

No, the new ones have to be built, as aside from the new wings, everything else needs a replacement, engines being the foremost thing, followed by the F-16 sourced software.

The OP is a great joke, but the follow up is very confusing. YF-107 sucked, B-25 was great and there is a very good reason for the A-36.

Attack boat is nothing strange, but ask yourself why does an LPD need to carry an ASW helo.

He is with us in the spirit.

Ghostrider, no more pings, pattern is full.

double post. damn kinja

Higwhay to the Donbass zone!

I like to poke. Cheeki Breeki!

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So, in your opinion, there can’t be a non-biased third party that would piss on everyone?

That reply is overly comprehensive for such an ignorant comment. Congrats on the patience.

Yeah, the left one on the Caribou seems to be feathered :)

No, they actually support each other. LPD itself is to valuable and with AEGIS it would be even more valuable, and an LPD itself is already a sitting duck. AEGIS won’t save it from the subs. Enemy would go for the high—priority targets first, and a fully loaded LPD with AEGIS is a very sweet target.