Posted on May 13, 2017
A-10 Warthog Sends Taliban Members To Meet Allah Faster Than They Can Say "Allahu Akbar"
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In a blink of an eye these guys are uranium-oxode coated hamburger!
A-10 Warthog Sends Taliban Members To Meet Allah Faster Than They Can Say "Allahu Akbar"
Posted from teddystick.com
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Bet when the dust settled there wasn't much left for the ants to snack on.
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Except the guy on teddystick.com got it wrong: judging by the flashes, those are almost certainly HE-I rounds, not AP-I (the stuff with the depleted-uranium penetrators). I don't think the USAF even uses any 30mm AP-I in Afghanistan -- the rounds are expensive and there aren't any suitable targets (like tanks).
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LTC (Join to see)
Thank you for your observation I was wondering the same thing since spent uranium wouldn't be flashing hitting the ground instead of an armored vehicle.
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A simple question is: how many rounds, how many dirt bags, is that the least expensive and safest remedy?
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A cheaper remedy would to be to use a Kiowa Scout helicopter fat the Army just got rid of all of them and the few that are left in flying condition are going to be given away in foreign military sales
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1LT William Clardy
I'm not so sure about that, LTC (Join to see). The A-10 is pretty inexpensive to operate -- I've seen $17K/hour in one article, and the chart I linked below says $11.5K per hour.
I don't know what it costs to keep an OH-47D Kiowa in the air, but the Air Force offered $24K/hour as a flight cost for a HH-60 (about the closest I could find in terms of comparably expensive sensor suites).
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-shows-hourly-cost-of-military-aircraft-2014-12
I don't know what it costs to keep an OH-47D Kiowa in the air, but the Air Force offered $24K/hour as a flight cost for a HH-60 (about the closest I could find in terms of comparably expensive sensor suites).
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-shows-hourly-cost-of-military-aircraft-2014-12
This Chart Shows The Staggering Hourly Cost Of Operating US Military Aircraft
The numbers are staggering.
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LTC (Join to see)
1LT William Clardy - William I am a total fan of the A-10 Warthog so I didn't mean to put it down and I know the Kiowa is not armed like the A10 the Kiowa couldn't even take a 50 cal round so thank you for the chart.
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