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The Air Force’s New Gunship Is Easier to Shoot Up
War Is Boring ^
| January 31, 2014
| Joe Trevithick
Posted on 01/31/2014 6:22:10 AM PST by C19fan
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To: BwanaNdege
This is not Vietnam. With modern targeting pods, you can hit the enemy more accurately and with less chance of killing friendlies by doing it from altitude. That is what drives the end of the A-10.
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01/31/2014 1:51:41 PM PST
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Mr Rogers
(Liberals are like locusts...)
To: Nip
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01/31/2014 1:53:35 PM PST
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Mr Rogers
(Liberals are like locusts...)
To: C19fan
[tongue in cheek]
Well, why don’t they fly it to the area without the armor and add it right before they get there?
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01/31/2014 1:54:20 PM PST
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MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Oberon
Very true. They should just transfer responsibility of fixed-wing ground support to each service. They’ve already done so for the marines.
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01/31/2014 3:59:00 PM PST
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Kevmo
("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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