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NGL, I think they should just modernize the AC130.  As cool as the A10 is, the AC130 has always been cooler in my mind.
Give it some kind of active defense system (like a Trophy APS but for aircraft), higher altitude, some kind of low grade stealth characteristics.
Somewhere out there was a team of engineers who said "okay, but what if we just put a bunch of really big guns sideways on a plane and fly around in circles?".  That blows my mind lol.
Mostly talking out of my ass.  But it would be cool as shit.
18 days to the 'anniversary'. >

A single day operation that became a single week operation that became a single year operation... >

I want a divorce! >

The UN is the therapist but is unsuprisingly useless. >

Listen therapy requires that neither of the parties start unjustifiable wars of agression against their neighbors. The UN just happens to be a therapist that has the goal of doing just that. >

Also Russia has veto power on the security council.... >

Russia should never have inherited USSR's seat. >

They inherited USSR's nuclear arsenal so that's part of it. >

Preventing Global Thermonuclear War is what the U.N. and the Security Council actually does. Anything else you see them do is just a side quest. >

Funny how a member of the security council is frequently threatening nuclear war. >

And men's lives wasted again. >

Many are just boys >

Yeah Feb 24 is days away. The knucleheads in the kremlin wanna try it again >

We should have given Ukraine A-10s last year to give them time to train, just in case Russia tries the 40km convoy strategy again... >

A-10s can eat a lot of shit and keep flying.  Surface to air missiles, however, exceed those limits.  A-10s are only useful against asymmetric opponents who cannot shoot you down.
Which is why Ukraine isn't asking for them.  They're interested in faster aircraft, drones, tanks, IFVs, SAM batteries, and artillery.
If Ukraine can't use it, there's no reason to waste their time by sending it. >


A-10s can eat a lot of shit and keep flying.  Surface to air missiles, however, exceed those limits.  A-10s are only useful against asymmetric opponents who cannot shoot you down.

A-10's are also the deadliest active duty airframe in the US military. More A-10 pilots have died in crashes than any other airframe since the Vietnam war ended(and F-4 phantom pilot deaths during the Vietnam war doesn't far exceed the A-10 pilot death count.).
Also expensive as fuck. The wing and cockpit upgrade package they're going through right now costs more than a new F-35 delivered.  
It's not something you'd want flying against a wall of Strela-2 manpads. >

The military has been trying to get rid of it as well. 
The problem is it is a morale/constituent issue. A-10 is easily identifiable. The engineering story sounds badass. Service members can pick the engine out in a loud environment and the enemy can as well. Nothing that has been investigated since has been deemed ready to replace the A-10