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2015-02-12 Europe

US Deploys A-10s to Europe Amid Debate to Arm Ukraine

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Posted by Hupineger Glomomp15043 2015-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Gotta wonder about this, A10 in a high air to air threat environment is not that good of a move. Send F22 and we will know they're serious

Posted by OldSpook 2015-02-12 10:58|| 2015-02-12 10:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Hopefully they don't deploy it into harm's way to prove a point.

Posted by gorb 2015-02-12 14:33|| 2015-02-12 14:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Sending A10's in is just dumb. Russians have truckloads of manpads that can kill this aircraft, while ISIS is limited in capability. Bad call, unless they are trying to show the aircrafts limitations...

Posted by 49 Pan 2015-02-12 15:05|| 2015-02-12 15:05|| Front Page Top

#4 It's like Gorge Costanza has taken over the gubmint. Everything it does is the oppostite of what makes sense.

Posted by Anise Nim 2015-02-12 16:23|| 2015-02-12 16:23|| Front Page Top

#5 A-10 has its role, but this is a bit outside of it. Need Air Superiority/Supremacy first, or at least the ability to SEAD and sanitize the flight corridors

Posted by OldSpook 2015-02-12 16:32|| 2015-02-12 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6 An A-10 is not nearly as easy to engage as many think. It'll likely be armed with a couple of Sidewinders and no fighter pilot in his right mind is going to try a gun attack against a far more maneuverable aircraft, down in the grass, that is armed with a gun that outranges his own by a large margin.

Posted by Chantry 2015-02-12 18:57|| 2015-02-12 18:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Sidewinders? Dang, it is indeed Rantburgs own.

Posted by Shipman 2015-02-12 19:04|| 2015-02-12 19:04|| Front Page Top

#8 I am curious tho, could an A-10 be mated with the catapults of the New Jersey class BBs? Combining 16" guns with 4 cat launched A-10s is a no brainer. An updated Wampanoag class frigate would supply the necessary escort.

Posted by Shipman 2015-02-12 19:10|| 2015-02-12 19:10|| Front Page Top

#9 A couple of A-10s flying low-level gun runs need top cover by interceptors. They also need AWACS or Wild Weasel support to keep an eye on AA missile threats. The A-10 has some pretty good flare packages to confuse heat-seeking missiles.

To some extent, you put them in harms way to draw fire - and then make sure that anyone who takes a shot learns the steep price they pay for that action.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2015-02-12 23:08|| 2015-02-12 23:08|| Front Page Top

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