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Science & Technology
Time to Finally Retire the A-10
2023-08-31
opinion of Lawrence Person of BattleSwarm
Technology marches on, and there's no reason you couldn't have drones half the size and one-tenth the cost of an A-10 armed with 10-12 smart missiles replacing most of the A-10"s mission capabilities. Whether the Air Force will let that happen is another question, as the Sky Warden shows the Air Force never wants to give up a mission, but drones have proven too valuable in Ukraine to shove that genie back inside the bottle.

Finally, note that when asked about obtaining A-10s, Ukraine"s own defense minister said they weren't the right aircraft for the role.

I have to reluctantly conclude that the time for the A-10 may indeed be drawing to a close.

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