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2016-03-17 Science & Technology

5 Attack Planes That Could Replace the A-10 Warthog

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Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Have they really found a replacement for the M2 50 cal?

Somethings are so fundamental that there is no real economical replacement, just flights of fantasy (or envy or some sort of crony-capitalistic pay off in there).

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-17 09:08|| 2016-03-17 09:08|| Front Page Top

#2 There is no real replacement for it. The super t and others are a third world attempt. They need to do a full up airframe refit build the A10 J model. And be done with it. The real problem is the Air Force does not want to be bothered with CAS. If they are not at 30000 feet they want no part of it. The army needs its own air support just like the marines. The Air Force can not be trusted.

Posted by 49 pan 2016-03-17 11:21|| 2016-03-17 11:21|| Front Page Top

#3 49 pan: "The army needs its own air support just like the marines."

What do the Marines use for CAS?
Why can't the Airforce use that?

Posted by Chuck 2016-03-17 17:45|| 2016-03-17 17:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Marines use an FA-18 variant as well as Cobra gunships. The difference is that the Misguided Children CAS assets have no problem "getting down in the dirt." The idea is to use speed, terrain and practice as advantages in supporting the ground forces.

Posted by Pappy 2016-03-17 18:15|| 2016-03-17 18:15|| Front Page Top

#5 That and Harriers, which are being replaced by... (drumroll) the F-35.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-03-17 18:26|| 2016-03-17 18:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Forgot about the Harriers - long day.

Posted by Pappy 2016-03-17 18:29|| 2016-03-17 18:29|| Front Page Top

#7 The problem is that if somebody put a gun to the Air Force's head and FORCED them to build a new attack plane from the ground up, they would start doing their mission creep sh*t. "Ooh - it should be stealthy!" "Ooh - it should be supersonic!!" "Ooh - and VSTOL!!"

By the time they are done, it will just be another F-35.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2016-03-17 18:58|| 2016-03-17 18:58|| Front Page Top

#8 ...The problem here is this: first, not one of these birds - with the qualified exception of the T50 - is not survivable on anything resembling a modern battlefield or a battlefield where the people you're attacking have HMGs or MANPADS. Second, not one of them can carry anything resembling a GAU-8 or enough air-to-mud to make a difference. These aren't planes that can replace the Hog - they're planes that somebody desperately wants to use for CAS without having to actually pay for a capable, qualified airframe.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-03-17 20:05|| 2016-03-17 20:05|| Front Page Top

#9 MV-10 Bronco? On the modern battlefield they'd be as good as a soup sandwich. Cheaper to operate and to build, sure. Only with the losses, I hope the MV-10 would be reconfigured as a drone.

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