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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; JasonC; BadAndy
Only the cockpit of the A-10 is armored.
68 posted on 03/09/2004 3:40:33 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
"Specific survivability features include titanium armor plated cockpit, redundant flight control system separated by fuel tanks, manual reversion mode for flight controls, foam filled fuel tanks, ballistic foam void fillers, and a redundant primary structure providing “get home” capability after being hit."
77 posted on 03/09/2004 4:34:36 PM PST by JasonC
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