nein51 said:
The A10 is a not an air to air combat plane. **** sake. I grew up in and around all things Air Force. Those Russian jets are garbage compared to 1980s USAF tech nevermind 2022 tech. That isn't even that relevant though because our pilots are orders of magnitude better than their Russian counterparts. An F22 so far exceeds anything in the Russian arsenal it's not even remotely funny.
The A10 is an air to surface/ground death machine. It's the greatest one of its type ever created. Thats not hyperbole.
The noise from its gun is one of the scariest noises on the battlefield. It's the equivalent of a racking shotgun to a home intruder.
They literally rain death and destruction.
You're dramatically overestimating the power of the Russian forces. I'm assuming you're 55-65 and still think of Russia as a super power.
A-1 Have said repeatedly the A-10 needs air superiority to function . Now exactly WHAT do you think that represents ? Answer: some OTHER US jets would have to kill off the Russian jets FIRST before the old slow A-10 could even think about entering the battle .
A-2 You are in fact spouting complete hyperbole...... based on a war against a 4th rate military DECADES ago . The A-10 exists only as a stop gap -- cost saving measure . The plane is obsolete by at least 1-2 generations at this point .
B. The best Russian jets and best Russian pilots are equal to our own . And this has been repeatedly proven in past combat both in Korea and Vietnam versus 'volunteer' Russian pilots .
C. You're damn right I consider Russia a super power . With over 5000 nukes ( the largest such stockpile in the world ) a huge submarine fleet , and the largest tank force in Europe.........only a fool would consider them NOT to be a super power.