Who knew titanium is resistant to penetration. . .
;-)
http://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/aircraft/a-10_survivability.html:
“If it hadn’t been for the titanium bathtub, I probably wouldn’t be here. The right side below the cockpit had seventeen major holes in it and the bathtub had a lot of chinks in it. Think of that; seventeen major holes just below the cockpit and I didn’t get a scratch! It has to be a rugged airplane to sustain that kind of damage. And five days later they had patched it with speed tape, changed the right flaps, aileron and speed brakes, and flew it back to Fahd. Then, after some work, they got it in shape and we flew it home.”
“...the bathtub had a lot of chinks in it.”
Paging the ‘That’s racist!’ kid.